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Table 3 Frequency of cardiovascular symptoms and diagnoses (not regarded as major adverse cardiac events) acquired after 70 years of age in individuals with or without myocardial scars by CMR

From: Long-term prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction detected with cardiovascular magnetic resonance in an elderly population

 

No MI (n = 182)

No MI vs UMI

UMI (n = 55)

UMI vs RMI

RMI (n = 11)

RMI vs No MI

Ischemic stroke

4 (2 %)

ns

3 (5 %)

ns

0

ns

Chest pain symptoms

40 (22 %)

ns

15 (27 %)

ns

5 (45 %)

ns

Other atherosclerosis

10 (5 %)

p = 0.009

9 (16 %)

ns

1 (5 %)

ns

Other cardiac morbidity

32 (18 %)

ns

15 (27 %)

ns

6 (54 %)

p = 0.003

  1. No MI no MI scar, RMI recognized myocardial infarction, i.e., MI scar in combination with MI diagnosis in medical records, UMI unrecognized myocardial infarction