Abstract
The hospital mortality in 1,246 consecutive acute infarction patients treated in a large community hospital coronary care unit was 14.4%. Of the total, 52.3% showed no evidence of heart failure, 25.8% had mild to moderate failure, 9.9% had pulmonary edema, and 12% developed cardiogenic shock; the mortality in these groups was 2.2%, 7.4%, 8.9%, and 87.2%, respectively. The mortality in the 1,097 patients who did not have cardiogenic shock was 4.5%. Only one patient died as a result of primary ventricular fibrillation (0.08%). The mortality of complete heart block in the absence of cardiogenic shock (8.3%) was not significantly different from that of comparable patients who did not have complete heart block (4.3%). These results are lower than those generally reported.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 210-215 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Archives of Internal Medicine |
| Volume | 138 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1978 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Treatment of myocardial infarction in a community hospital coronary care unit. Experience with 1,246 patients. / Mirowski, M.; Israel, W.; Antonopoulos, A. G.; Mower, Morton Maimon; Mendeloff, A. I.
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AU - Israel, W.
AU - Antonopoulos, A. G.
AU - Mower, Morton Maimon
AU - Mendeloff, A. I.
PY - 1978
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N2 - The hospital mortality in 1,246 consecutive acute infarction patients treated in a large community hospital coronary care unit was 14.4%. Of the total, 52.3% showed no evidence of heart failure, 25.8% had mild to moderate failure, 9.9% had pulmonary edema, and 12% developed cardiogenic shock; the mortality in these groups was 2.2%, 7.4%, 8.9%, and 87.2%, respectively. The mortality in the 1,097 patients who did not have cardiogenic shock was 4.5%. Only one patient died as a result of primary ventricular fibrillation (0.08%). The mortality of complete heart block in the absence of cardiogenic shock (8.3%) was not significantly different from that of comparable patients who did not have complete heart block (4.3%). These results are lower than those generally reported.
AB - The hospital mortality in 1,246 consecutive acute infarction patients treated in a large community hospital coronary care unit was 14.4%. Of the total, 52.3% showed no evidence of heart failure, 25.8% had mild to moderate failure, 9.9% had pulmonary edema, and 12% developed cardiogenic shock; the mortality in these groups was 2.2%, 7.4%, 8.9%, and 87.2%, respectively. The mortality in the 1,097 patients who did not have cardiogenic shock was 4.5%. Only one patient died as a result of primary ventricular fibrillation (0.08%). The mortality of complete heart block in the absence of cardiogenic shock (8.3%) was not significantly different from that of comparable patients who did not have complete heart block (4.3%). These results are lower than those generally reported.
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