Those who are married have a better chance of surviving longer after having a heart attack, according to investigators who analyzed data from the CAMI (China Acute Myocardial Infarction) registry.
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Lack of long-term social support is a well‐established contributor to cardiovascular mortality, and marriage is considered one of the closest and most important relationships for receiving social support.
In a study of married and single patients who were undergoing treatment for acute myocardial infarction, unmarried patients were found to receive less reperfusion treatment.
Unmarried and married heart patients faired the same when it came to overall in‐hospital treatment outcomes, but single patients' long-term prognosis was not good with respect to all‐cause mortality and future major adverse heart attacks or strokes.
The adverse effects were more severe in patients who were never married and those aged 75 years or younger than those older.
Marital status may affect medical decision‐making, and having a spouse to help with decisions might explain why unmarried patients have worse postacute myocardial infarction outcomes than married patients.
This is a summary of the article, "Impact of Marital Status on Management and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the China Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry," published in the Journal of the American Herat Association on November 29, 2022. The full article can be found on ahajournals.org.
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