Hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction.
All 757 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to the three public hospitals in Auckland during one year were studied. About 7% died from cardiac arrhythmia four days or more after the onset of infarction. These patients had severe infarcts with circulatory failure on or shortly after admission to hospital. Late death from arrhythmia in patients recovering from circulatory failure may in many cases be preventable with anti-arrhythmic drugs.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D009520:New Zealand; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D012151:Resuscitation; D012769:Shock; D013997:Time Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000517:prevention & control
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011433:Propranolol