The scope of primary hospital management for acute myocardial infarction and a suggested management regimen.
The diagnostic problems in 1 775 patients with chest pain admitted to the Casualty Department of the H.F. Verwoerd Hospital during 1978 are discussed. A series of 102 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted during a 3-month period in 1978 is described. Early diagnosis and treatment, as outlined, should reduce primary and possibly late mortality.
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