| In-hospital outcome of elderly patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction and right ventricular involvement. | |
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PMID: 9244209 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: There are some specific high-risk subgroups of patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction, such as older patients and those with right ventricular involvement. However, the clinical implications of right ventricular infarction in elderly subjects have not been studied previously. METHODS AND RESULTS: To determine the clinical impact of right ventricular involvement in elderly patients with inferior myocardial infarction, we studied the in-hospital outcome of 198 consecutive patients > or = 75 years of age with a first acute inferior myocardial infarction according to the presence of ECG or echocardiographic criteria of right ventricular infarction. In patients with right ventricular involvement (41%), in-hospital case fatality rate was 47% (mainly because of nonreversible low cardiac output cardiogenic shock) compared with 10% in patients without right ventricular involvement (P<.001). Patients with right ventricular involvement also had a significantly higher incidence of cardiogenic shock (32% versus 5%), which was independent of left ventricular ejection fraction, complete AV block (33% versus 9%), and interventricular septal rupture (9% versus 0%). After adjustment for age, sex, diabetes, shock on admission, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and complete AV block, right ventricular infarction remained a powerful independent predictor of in-hospital death (adjusted odds ratio, 4.0; 95% confidence interval, 1.3 to 14.2). CONCLUSIONS: Elderly patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction have a substantially increased risk of death during hospitalization when right ventricular involvement is present. The poorer outcome is due mainly to the high incidence of cardiogenic shock and its infrequent reversibility. |
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Authors:
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H Bueno; R López-Palop; J Bermejo; J L López-Sendón; J L Delcán |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Circulation Volume: 96 ISSN: 0009-7322 ISO Abbreviation: Circulation Publication Date: 1997 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-08-26 Completed Date: 1997-08-26 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0147763 Medline TA: Circulation Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 436-41 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Cardiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. |
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Acute Disease Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Heart Ventricles / pathology*, physiopathology Humans Male Myocardial Infarction / pathology, physiopathology*, therapy Prognosis Shock, Cardiogenic / physiopathology |
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