The association between leucocyte telomere length and Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and its prognostic value in predicting the thirty-days and six-months outcomes post-AMI: A single centre study

Telomeres are DNA protein complexes at the ends of our chromosomes believed to protect the genetic data from being loss during cell division. The thesis describes whether these telomeres are predictors of the Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) clinical outcomes in a Malaysian cohort, and to assess the rate of change in the telomere length over time. Results from this research have added to the knowledge of the clinical management of the AMI patients. A predictor scoring system called the TELAMI score has been defined via this research which determines the risks of mortality and readmissions of the AMI patients.