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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
In 680 patients with acute myocardial infarction the prognosis during the following 5 years was related to observations made in a standard electrocardiogram (ECG) and 24 precordial chest leads. Patients with a Q-wave infarction (based on a 12-lead standard ECG) had a mortality rate during hospitalization of 10.2% which was much higher than that in patients with a non-Q-wave infarction (1.9%, p less than 0.001). At 5 years' follow-up 33.6% of those with a Q-wave infarction had died versus 28.4% of those with a non-Q-wave infarction (p greater than 0.2). Corresponding mortality rate among patients with no previous infarction (n = 587) was 32.1% and 25.2%, respectively (p = 0.17). In patients with anterior infarction and no previous infarction there was no correlation between Q- and R-wave changes in the 24 chest leads 4 days after admission to hospital and 5-year mortality rate. We thus conclude that patients with a Q-wave infarction had a higher in-hospital mortality compared with non-Q-wave infarction as judged from standard ECG, whereas 5-year mortality was similar. Similarly, there was no correlation between Q- and R-wave changes in an increased number of chest leads and 5-year mortality rate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-89
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term prognosis in relation to ECG findings in acute myocardial infarction.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't