Personal view: In-hospital patient management strategies after acute myocardial infarction.
The coronary patient after the striking experience of a myocardial infarction faces a completely new situation possibly affecting lifestyle, occupation and life expectancy. A dedicated post-infarction diagnostic strategy for the evaluation of the individual risk of suffering from a future coronary event, or of dying, requires profound knowledge of the impact of medical and surgical therapies on the survival rate and on the quality of life after infarction.
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012306:Risk