Prognosis after myocardial infarction: results of 15 year follow up.

Prognosis after myocardial infarction: results of 15 year follow up.

A total of 271 out of 757 patients who had suffered a myocardial infarction during 1966-7 were still alive after six years; these patients were subsequently followed up 15 years after the infarction. Two hundred and sixty eight (99%) of the patients alive at six years and 519 (95%) of the 549 originally discharged from hospital were traced. A coronary prognostic index, which had predicted survi...

Ten-Year Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Prognosis After Infarction

Background. The 10-year incidence of myocardial infarction (fatal and nonfatal) and the prognosis after infarction were evaluated in 686 patients with stable angina who were randomly assigned to medical or surgical treatment in the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Methods and Results. Myocardial infarction was defined by either new Q wave findings or ...

Prognostic significance of transient myocardial ischaemia after first acute myocardial infarction: five year follow up study.

OBJECTIVE To assess the five year prognostic significance of transient myocardial ischaemia on ambulatory monitoring after a first acute myocardial infarction, and to compare the diagnostic and long term prognostic value of ambulatory ST segment monitoring, maximal exercise testing, and echocardiography in patients with documented ischaemic heart disease. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING C...

Long-term prognosis after recovery from myocardial infarction: a nine year follow-up of the Perth Coronary Register.

Patients registered by the 1971 Perth Coronary Register as having suffered a myocardial infarction were followed up for 9 years. The Register was a community-based study that used standard methods and criteria as part of a World Health Organization collaborative investigation. Of the 1078 patients studied, 77% survived the first 24 hr and 62% the first 28 days; 0.3% were lost to follow-up. For ...

Somatic component to myocardial infarction: three year follow up.