Assessing the clinical and economic burden of coronary artery disease: 1986-1998
Assessing the clinical and economic burden of coronary artery disease: 1986-1998
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DOI:
10.1097/00005650-200108000-00008
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发表时间:
2001-08-01
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3
通讯作者:
Mark, DB
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作者:
Eisenstein, EL;Shaw, LK;Mark, DB
BACKGROUND. The acute phase of coronary artery disease (CAD) is dramatic and receives much attention because of its high mortality and associated treatment cost. However, the acute phase Typically resolves within 30 days whereas CAD is a chronic disease, which most patients will Live with for mare than a decade. We compared the clinical and economic burden of CAD during the acute phase (first 30 days) with that in The postacute phase (31st day through 10 years).METHODS. We included acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with significant CAD receiving an initial cardiac catheterization at Duke University Medical Center between 1986 and 1997 with follow-up continuing through 1998. Inpatient medical costs were estimated from ACS clinical trial and economic study data. Costs were adjusted to 1997 values and discounted at 3% per annum.RESULTS. Our study included 9,876 ACS patients (5,557 with an acute myocardial infarction [MI] anal 4,319 with unstable angina [UA]). Acute MI patients had higher 30-day mortality than UA patients (5.6% vs. 2.3%, P