Frequency of returning to work one and six months following percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction.

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2004

Abstract

We conducted an analysis of the frequency and variables associated with early (after 1 month) and late (after 6 months) return to work after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in patients who had been randomized in the Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction trial. Of 450 patients who were employed before the acute myocardial infarction, 230 (51%) returned to work within 1 month with no increases in in-hospital and 1- or 6-month event rates compared with those who did not return to work. Multivariate analysis showed that predictors of early return to work were employment in the United States, no history of smoking, and single-vessel coronary disease. At 6 months, 353 of 435 patients (78%) had returned to work, and multivariate analysis showed that predictors of late return to work were employment in the United States and absence of angina.

Volume

94

Issue

11

First Page

1403

Last Page

1405

ISSN

0002-9149

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

15566911

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article

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