Mental health status and quality of life after an acute myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries or takotsubo syndrome: a systematic review
Authors' conclusion
Patients with MINOCA or TS seem to have worse mental health status and QoL after the acute event than non-cardiac individuals, but it is yet difficult to conclude whether mental distress and QoL are equal or worse compared to CHD-patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients after acute myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) or takotsubo syndrome28 studies
- Comparison
- MINOCA and takotsubo syndrome (TS) patients vs non-cardiac and cardiac populations, and over time
- Outcome
- Mental health status and QoL after the acute event
Methodological detailsRegistered in PROSPERO; reported per PRISMA, Databases searched: Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PyschINFO, PubMed, ASSIA, Web of Science, Scopus and Embase, from inception to May 2024, Quality and risk of bias assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cross-sectional and cohort studies
- Registered in PROSPERO; reported per PRISMA
- Databases searched: Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PyschINFO, PubMed, ASSIA, Web of Science, Scopus and Embase, from inception to May 2024
- Quality and risk of bias assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cross-sectional and cohort studies
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Mental health status or QoL
MINOCA/TS worse than non-cardiac groups
10/13 studies
MINOCA/TS worse than cardiac groups
10/20 studies
Further pooled results
Change over time in mental health status or quality of life (QoL)
- Deteriorating mental health status
- 1/5 studies
- Improved mental health status or QoL
- 3/5 studies
- No change
- 1/5 studies
Risk of bias (Newcastle-Ottawa Scale)
- High
- 18/28
- Medium
- 7/28
- Low
- 3/28
Original publication
Mental health status and quality of life after an acute myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries or takotsubo syndrome: a systematic review. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 25 February 2025. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it