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Long-term prognosis of medically treated patients with acute myocardial infarction and one-vessel coronary artery disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8296737     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Long-term prognosis was studied in 156 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with 1-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD). During a mean follow-up period of 110 months, 19 patients (14%) had reinfarction, 15 (9.6%) died (including 7 deaths of cardiac origin) and 15 (9.6%) were hospitalized for worsening of angina. A coronary arteriogram was obtained twice in 54 patients. The coronary arteriogram revealed multivessel CAD in all cases with reinfarction (n = 14). Ten percent of the patients with multivessel disease experienced a reinfarction during the initial 3 years after the onset of the first AMI. The recurrence rate of AMI in patients with 1-vessel disease increased gradually from the third year after the onset of their first AMI, reaching 10% in 6.7 years. The recurrence of AMI at the same region as the original infarction was detected in only 1 patient. Six of 19 patients (32%) with recurrence of AMI died and 13 survived after the reinfarction. It was difficult to predict future progression from the outcome of the comparison between the first and second coronary arteriograms. Thus, in patients with uncomplicated AMI with 1-vessel CAD, the prognosis is relatively good and the frequency of reinfarction is very low with conservative treatment.
Authors:
H Ogawa; M Kawana; K Tamura; S Kimata; S Hosoda
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of cardiology     Volume:  73     ISSN:  0002-9149     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  1994 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-02-25     Completed Date:  1994-02-25     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0207277     Medline TA:  Am J Cardiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  158-63     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Angina Pectoris / epidemiology,  etiology
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*,  epidemiology,  mortality*,  therapy
Prognosis
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Thrombolytic Therapy

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