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Objective We examined the proportion of patients perceiving their heart condition to be cured following hospitalization for ACS and identified characteristics associated with these perceptions. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study of adults hospitalized with ACS (N = 396). Patient interviews during hospitalization and one week post-discharge provided demographic and psychosocial characteristics. Medical records provided clinical characteristics. At one week, patients who rated “My heart condition is cured” as “definitely true” or “mostly true” were considered to perceive their heart condition cured. Results Participants were aged 60.7 (SD:11.0) years, 26.5% female, and 89.0% non-Hispanic white, 16.7% had unstable angina, 59.6% NSTEMI, and 23.7% STEMI. One week post-discharge, 30.3% perceived their heart condition to be cured. Characteristics associated with cure perceptions were older age (OR = 2.2, 95% CI: 1.2–4.0 for =65 years vs
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