5993 Survivors of suspected myocardial infarction. 10 year incidence of later myocardial infarction and subsequent mortality

Aims To evaluate the 10-year incidence of later infarction and subsequent mortality, as well as predictors of later infarction, in patients with suspected myocardial infarction and alive on day 15 after admission. Methods and Results 5993 patients admitted with suspected myocardial infarction and al...

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Published in:European heart journal 1998-04, Vol.19 (4), p.564-569
Main Authors: Galatius, S., Launbjerg, J., Mortensen, L.S., Hansen, J. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute myocardial infarction
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cause of Death
chest pain
Confidence Intervals
coronary artery disease
Coronary Care Units
Coronary heart disease
Denmark - epidemiology
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart
Humans
Incidence
long-term prognosis
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Proportional Hazards Models
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Aims To evaluate the 10-year incidence of later infarction and subsequent mortality, as well as predictors of later infarction, in patients with suspected myocardial infarction and alive on day 15 after admission. Methods and Results 5993 patients admitted with suspected myocardial infarction and alive on day 15 after admission were registered in The First Danish Verapamil Infarction Trial database in 1979–81. 2586 had definite infarction, 402 probable infarction and 3005 no infarction as they fulfilled 3, 2 and 1 criteria for infarction. They were followed for 10 years with respect to later infarction and death, i.e. including death after later infarction.The 10 year infarction rate after index admission was 48·8% in definite, 47·3% in probable and 24·6% in no infarction patients (P
ISSN:0195-668X
1522-9645
DOI:10.1053/euhj.1997.0776