title: Heterogeneity of prognosis in patient subsets treated by primary coronary angioplasty during acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Among 377 patients consecutively treated with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction, in-hospital mortality was higher in patients ineligible than in patients eligible for thrombolysis (14.4% vs 7.8%, p <0.05). It remained dismal (75.9%) in patients with cardiogenic shock, but was similar in lytic-eligible patients and in those who were ineligible because of an increased bleeding risk (7.8% vs 7.2%, p = NS), and was zero in patients with nondiagnostic electrocardiograms.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie A, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Himbert
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boudvillain
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benamer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Juliard
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Steg
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome