Heterogeneity of prognosis in patient subsets treated by primary coronary angioplasty during acute myocardial infarction.
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.
Himbert
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Service de Cardiologie A, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
Feldman
L J
LJ
Boudvillain
O
O
Benamer
H
H
Juliard
J M
JM
Steg
P G
PG
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