Short and long term mortality after acute myocardial infarction as predicted by two-dimensional echocardiography.
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in English
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| ID: sea-40908
ABSTRACT
We have non-invasively determined the extent of the acute myocardial insult shortly after admission in a large group of patients with acute myocardial infarction. There appeared a fairly sharp distinction between patients with low and high likelihood of in-hospital death and one year mortality on the basis of echocardiographic findings. The use of wall motion score index and ejection fraction in the prediction of short term mortality (in-hospital death) is good, but the prediction of long term mortality is not that good, since several patients survived up to one year even with high wall motion score index (greater than 2.2) or low ejection fraction (less than or equal to 35%) on admission. One-year survival is high up to 90 per cent in patients with low wall motion score index or high ejection fraction on admission.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Aged, 80 and over
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Echocardiography
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Follow-Up Studies
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Adult
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Middle Aged
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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