myocardial infarction in iran: epidemiology, management, and prognosis

Background: cardiovascular diseases, specifically acute myocardial infarction (ami), are the leading cause of death worldwide. in this review, we explain the characteristics of ami in iran. methods: we searched pubmed, google, and google scholar for articles containing myocardial infarction, stemi, and mi+ iran in english and persian words. results: the age-standardized incidence rate of mi was 73.3 per 100 000. the mean±sd age of patients was 61.20±13.40 years. in-hospital mortality of patients with ami in the imir was 12.1%. concerning ami complications reported in the imir, 5.8% of patients experienced ventricular tachycardia, and 2.5% experienced ventricular fibrillation. the 1-year mortality rate in the ipace2 study was 4.3%. conclusion: only a few national studies are available in iran regarding patients with ami. a federal surveillance program continuously monitoring and tracking coronary events is essential to improve the general population’s health.