They found that levels of copeptin were higher in patients who died during hospitalization, during the first 30 days after the myocardial infarction and at 1 year follow-up; performed a multivariate analysis associating one year mortality with the presence cardiogenic shock, increasing age, the presence of higher levels of copeptin (> 128.2 pmol/L) and radial access. The gene discussed is AVP; the disease is myocardial infarction.