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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Recurrent ischemia after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been largely associated with a poor prognosis. This study was carried out to analyze the relationship among different clinical variables and both postinfarction angina and reinfarction after AMI. A total of 452 consecutive patients (mean age 58.2 +/- 12 years) were admitted to the coronary care unit and were studied prospectively. More than half of the patients received some type of thrombolytic therapy. Death occurred in 45 patients (9.9%) during hospital stay. Postinfarction angina was diagnosed in 81 patients (17.9%) and reinfarction in 22 (4.9%). Patients who developed reinfarction had a high mortality rate (45.5%) compared with those who did not develop such an event (8.1%) (p < 0.0001; odds ratio: 9.4; 95% confidence interval 3.5-25.4). On the other hand, postinfarction angina had no significant association with mortality. Multivariate analysis revealed that a history of angina (> 1 week) was predictive of the occurrence of postinfarction angina and that the use of fibrinolytic treatment, prodromal symptoms, and postinfarction angina were significantly related to reinfarction. We conclude that several simple clinical variables are clear independent predictors of postinfarction angina and reinfarction following AMI and should be taken into account in routine clinical practice or when planning intervention trials.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0160-9289
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
157-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic value of clinical variables for recurrent ischemic events after acute myocardial infarction.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Hospital Municipal Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article