Anxiety in the First Hours Matters: Acute State Anxiety as an Early Marker of Post-MI PTSD

Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a traumatic experience for many patients affected. In addition to somatic stabilization in acute care, early emotional distress often occurs, but is rarely systematically recorded in the emergency medical setting. Previous research demonstrated that symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following AMI are associated with reduced treatmen…