PROGNOSIS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION - COMPARISON OF PATIENTS WITH DIAGNOSTIC AND NONDIAGNOSTIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS

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LAJI, K
WILKINSON, P
RANJADAYALAN, K
TIMMIS, AD
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[1] LONDON CHEST HOSP, DEPT CARDIOL, LONDON E2 9JX, ENGLAND
[2] NEWHAM DIST GEN HOSP, DEPT CARDIOL, LONDON, ENGLAND
[3] LONDON SCH HYG & TROP MED, ENVIRONM EPIDEMIOL UNIT, LONDON, ENGLAND
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10.1016/0002-8703(95)90067-5
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Prognosis in acute myocardial infarction has been compared in patients with and without diagnostic ECGs. Of 817 patients, 89.4% had ST elevation, 2.4% had left bundle branch block, and 8.2% had no ST elevation. Patients without ST elevation had a hospital mortality rate of 3.0% compared with 14.0% and 40.0%, respectively, in patients with ST elevation and left bundle branch block (p = 0.0001). Event-free survival at 6 months in patients without ST elevation was 85.6% (74.1% to 92.3%), compared with 72.9% (69.4% to 76.0%) and 31.0% (12.0% to 52.3%) in patients with ST elevation and left bundle branch block (p < 0.001). The excess risk associated with ST elevation was largely attributable to the severity of infarction: after adjustment for Q-wave development and heart failure, the hazard ratio fell from 2.24 (1.43 to 4.38) to 1.76 (0.86 to 3.59). In conclusion, acute myocardial infarction has a considerably better prognosis when it is unassociated with ST elevation or left bundle branch block. This finding may have important implications for interventional management.
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