| Can ECG changes predict the long-term outcome in patients admitted to hospital for suspected acute myocardial infarction? | |
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PMID: 9286509 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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7,028 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction and discharged alive from hospital were followed in a 10-year community-based study. The long-term prognosis was relatively good if the electrocardiograms (ECGs) were normal (5-year all-cause death rate 5%), poor with uncodable ECGs showing rhythm or conduction disturbances (37%), and intermediate with new Q wave, new ST elevation, new T wave inversion or ischemic ECG (17-21%), and with new ST depression (27%). Similar patterns were found for ischemic cardiac death and reinfarction. The long-term prognosis of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction is relatively good if the ECGs are normal and poor if ECGs are uncodable. ST depression may be a marker for a worse long-term outcome. |
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Authors:
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L L Lim; S Kinlay; J D Fisher; A J Dobson; R F Heller |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cardiology Volume: 88 ISSN: 0008-6312 ISO Abbreviation: Cardiology Publication Date: 1997 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-10-14 Completed Date: 1997-10-14 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1266406 Medline TA: Cardiology Country: SWITZERLAND |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 460-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adult Age Factors Aged Creatine Kinase / blood Electrocardiography / mortality, statistics & numerical data* Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Isoenzymes Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy, enzymology, mortality*, physiopathology Myocardial Ischemia / mortality, physiopathology Patient Admission* Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Risk Factors Sex Factors |
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0/Isoenzymes; EC 2.7.3.2/Creatine Kinase |
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