Acute myocardial infarction or acute myocarditis? Discharge registry-based study of likelihood and associated features in hospitalised patients

: Ville Kytö, Jussi Sipilä, Päivi Rautava

Publisher: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP

: 2015

: BMJ Open

: BMJ OPEN

: ARTN e007555

: 5

: 6

: 2044-6055

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007555(external)

Conclusions: Acute myocarditis is more common than AMI in hospitalised patients aged 18-29 years, but the risk of AMI increases exponentially thereafter. Hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes and hypertension predict AMI regardless of age and gender.