Prognosis of acute coronary events is worse in patients living alone: the FINAMI myocardial infarction register
: Lammintausta A, Airaksinen JKE, Immonen-Raiha P, Torppa J, Kesaniemi AY, Ketonen M, Koukkunen H, Karja-Koskenkari P, Lehto S, Salomaa V
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
: 2014
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
: EUR J PREV CARDIOL
: 21
: 8
: 989
: 996
: 8
: 2047-4873
: 2047-4881
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487313475893
Conclusions: Single living and/or being unmarried increases the risk of having a heart attack and worsens its prognosis both in men and women regardless of age. Most of the excess mortality appears already before the hospital admission and seems not to be related to differences in treatment of ACS.
