CONTEXT In acute myocardial infarction, the presence and severity of heart failure at the time of initial presentation have been formally categorized by the Killip classification. Although well studied in ST-elevation myocardial infarction, the prognostic importance of Killip classification in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes is not well established. OBJECTIVES To determine the progn...

recent studies show that, inflammation plays an important role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis and in the pathogenesis of acute cardiovascular events. there is a possible association between ventricular dysfunction following acute myocardial infarction and high sensitivity c-reactive protein (hs-crp) and uric acid. in this study we assessed the relationship between hs-crp a...

the present study aimed to compare the serum level of uric acid in patients with and without heart failure and also to determine the association between uric acid level and clinical status by killip class in patients with stemi. this case-control study was conducted on 50 consecutives as control group and 50 patients with acute heart failure, (20 patients had acute stemi), who documented by bot...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that high uric acid is a negative prognostic factor in patients with mild to severe heart failure. A study showed a close correlation between serum uric acid concentration and Killip classification in patients of acute myocardial infarction. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 100 patients with acute myocardial infarction and 50 controls. Serum uric acid level was mea...

  Background :Impact of substance abuse on outcome of hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) is a frequent question. Available studies show disagreements over its impact, thus we performed this study to find a clear answer.   Methods : In a cross sectional study, 304 patients (include 152 consecutive opium dependents and equal number of independents) with acute MI admitted ...

background: acute myocardial infarction (ami) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality. considering immense socioeconomic damages of growing ami in developing countries we estimated prognostic value of major risk factors of ami to predict probable in-hospital ami mortality. methods: in a cohort survey from june 2004 to march 2006, 1798 patients hospitalized with proven ami en...

BACKGROUND The classification or index of heart failure severity in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was proposed by Killip and Kimball aiming at assessing the risk of in-hospital death and the potential benefit of specific management of care provided in Coronary Care Units (CCU) during the decade of 60. OBJECTIVE To validate the risk stratification of Killip classification in ...

INTRODUCTION Acute pulmonary edema (Killip III) or cardiogenic shock (Killip IV) is associated with a higher mortality in the acute phase of myocardial infarction (AMI). OBJECTIVES To analyze trends in the proportion of patients who developed Killip III and IV in AMI over a 20-year period in order to identify the variables associated with occurrence and case-fatality. METHODS Hospital regis...