Diabetes Is Associated With Worse Long-term Outcomes in Young Adults After Myocardial Infarction: The Partners YOUNG-MI Registry.
Sanjay DivakaranAvinainder SinghDavid BieryJunjie YangErsilia M DeFilippisBradley L CollinsMattheus RamsisArman QamarJon HainerJosh KleinChristopher P CannonDonna M PolkJorge PlutzkyKhurram NasirJames L JanuzziMarcelo F Di CarliDeepak L BhattRon BlanksteinPublished in: Diabetes care (2019)
Diabetes was present in 20% of patients who presented with their first MI at age ≤50 years and was associated with worse long-term all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. These findings highlight the need for implementing more aggressive therapies aimed at preventing future adverse cardiovascular events in this population.