title: The immediate care of threatening myocardial infarction in general practice.
abstract: Twenty to sixty per cent of myocardial infarctions go unrecognized by patient and doctor, and there is no way to exactly predict these at the moment. But they have a much lower long-term mortality rate than do clinical infarctions. As a rule, a myocardial infarction will be preceded by pain and the sooner this is dealt with, the greater the salvage rate.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003142:Communication; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy
chemical_list: D009020:Morphine