[Mortality and hospital complications of the myocardial infarction after dismissal from the coronary care unit (author's transl)].
259 patients affected by myocardial infarction were followed after their dismissal from the Coronary Care Unit. Monitoring rate, reached 14,3% as well as serious complications which were distributed equally during this period. Death was caused by cardiac decompensation (48.6%), serious arrhythmia (16.3%), cardiac break down (13.5%), repeated infarction (10.8%), sudden death (10.8%). In all cases the autopsy revealed serious cardiac damage and widespread coronary alteration. According to statistics, death and the onset of complications appear according to age 55 years, Peel's index 12, anterior infarction, presence of complications in the C.C.U. Important among such complications are: symptoms and clinical signs of decompensation, serious ventricular arrhythmia, advanced BAV and interventricular block. The AA. reached the conclusion for the necessity of installing areas of subintensive care for the benefit of subjects who presented serious complications during their stay in the C.C.U. (about 40% of the cases). It is foreseeable that these units will have twice as many beds as the C.C.U.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*
Mortalita' e complicazioni ospedaliere dell'infarto miocardico dopo la dimissione dall'Unita' Coronarica.