Abstract
Despite the widely held view that patients with transmural myocardial infarction (M) have a poorer prognosis than those suffering a nontransmural infarction, clinical and epidemiologic studies suggest that subsequent mortality of the former patients probably reflects larger infarction size among the former group. On the other hand, long-term survival probably indicates that once the acutely infarcted area heals, coronary heart disease progresses at a virtually identical pace in both groups, i.e., long-term survival is similar.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 76-81 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Primary Cardiology |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Jan 1 1980 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine