PLoS ONE (Jan 2024)

Clinical features, socioeconomic status, management, short and long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction: Phase I results of PEACE MENA registry.

  • Ayman Al Saleh,
  • Amal Jamee,
  • Kadhim Sulaiman,
  • Mohamed Sobhy,
  • Habib Gamra,
  • Fahad Alkindi,
  • Salim Benkhedda,
  • Ahmed Al-Motarreb,
  • Mohammad I Amin,
  • Wael Almahmeed,
  • Ayman Hammoudeh,
  • Hadi Skouri,
  • Hasan A Farhan,
  • Mohammad Al Jarallah,
  • Nadia Fellat,
  • Prashanth Panduranga,
  • Bayan K Alnajm,
  • Magdy Abdelhamid,
  • Rafik Refaat,
  • Hassen Amor,
  • Salma Messaous,
  • Hosameldin S Ahmed,
  • Ahcene Chibane,
  • Azzouz AbdulMalek,
  • Nora K Alsagheer,
  • Sobhi Dada,
  • Zaki Mokhtar,
  • Muhammad Ali,
  • Anhar Ullah,
  • Hanan AlBackr,
  • Khalid F Alhabib

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296056
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
p. e0296056

Abstract

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BackgroundThe Program for the Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Events in the Middle East and North Africa (PEACE MENA) is a prospective registry program in Arabian countries that involves in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or acute heart failure (AHF).MethodsThis prospective, multi-center, multi-country study is the first report of the baseline characteristics and outcomes of inpatients with AMI who were enrolled during the first 14-month recruitment phase. We report the clinical characteristics, socioeconomic, educational levels, and management, in-hospital, one month and one-year outcomes.ResultsBetween April 2019 and June 2020, 1377 patients with AMI were enrolled (79.1% males) from 16 Arabian countries. The mean age (± SD) was 58 ± 12 years. Almost half of the population had a net income ConclusionIn the MENA region, patients with AMI present at a young age and have a high burden of cardiac risk factors. Most of the patients in the registry have a low income and low educational status. There is heterogeneity among key performance indicators of AMI management among various Arabian countries.