Antihypertensive treatment, body mass, and survival after myocardial infarction.
In a community-based study of heart attack, which was conducted in the Hunter Region of New South Wales in 1979, the prognosis was found to be poorer for patients who had received therapy with diuretic agents before the index attack, compared with those who either had received no treatment or were treated with other antihypertensive agents. There was also some evidence of a better prognosis for overweight people or those of normal weight, compared with those whose body weight was below normal.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents