Long-term survival after recovery from acute myocardial infarction.
Long-term prognosis following recovery from acute myocardial infarction is related to the extent of myocardial impairment. This is reflected in a variety of clinical laboratory, and electrocardiographic variables which are often routinely obtained during the hospital course of a patient with acute myocardial infarction. When these factors are utilized to produce prognostic indices, patients may be stratified into a variety of survival groups. Results now indicate that very early after the development of an acute myocardial infarction there are sufficient data for the development of a long-term prognostic assessment. This information should improve our clinical approach to the patient recovering from acute myocardial infarction.
D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis