Myocardial infarction--the problems and prognosis: Paper 3--A summary.
In the pre-hospital phase of myocardial infarction, the overriding problem is our present inability to alter the fact that approximately 50 per cent of all deaths from infarction occur prior to the patient's arrival in hospital, despite the knowledge that these deaths are due largely to potentially correctible arrythmias.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis