title: [Clinical course and prognosis of myocardial infarction].
abstract: 1000 patients with myocardial infarction between 1975 and june 1991 were admitted in the cardiac unit at the university hospital in Sfax. The mean age is 60 years, with a masculine predominance (86%). The time between, onset admission is long, 47.4% were admitted within 24 h after onset and 16.5% within 6 h after onset. The site of MI was more often in anterior region (58.6%) against 36% in the posterior region. Evolution was favorable in 34.7% of cases, 36.5% cases of left cardiac failure were noted, and 11.7% of cardiogenic shock rhythm disorders were noted in 34.6% of cases (under estimated) and conduction disorders were noted in 22% of cases. Early mortality is about 17.4% occurring more often during the first 3 days.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Hedi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Youssef
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guermazi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khrouf
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daoud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Evolution et pronostic de l'infarctus du myocarde.