title: [Long-term prognosis for patients resuscitated in acute stages of myocardial infarction].
abstract: Long-term outcomes were evaluated during a 1-3 year period (1.7 on average) in 118 males under 65 years of age, recovered after ventricular fibrillation registered during acute myocardial infarction and discharged from hospital. During the follow-up period 25.4% of patients died. The highest mortality rate (18.6%) was registered during the first year. A significant difference was observed in the incidence of paired and salve ventricular premature beats (54%--in dead patients, and 9%--in those who survived myocardial infarction). The dead patients showed significant differences in heart volumes. Heart volume of 1000 cm3 was noted 2.5 times more frequently in the dead patients as compared to those who survived. Thus this group of patients has a poor prognosis and requires special examination and intensive treatment.
mesh_terms: D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012151:Resuscitation
vernacular_title: Otdalennyĭ prognoz zhizni u bol'nykh, reanimirovannykh v ostroĭ stadii infarkta miokarda.