Abstract
In a study of 187 acute myocardial infarction patients, we compared the early and long-term course and prognoses of 70 elderly patients with non-Q- wave infarction with those of 61 younger patients with non-Q-wave and 56 elderly patients with Q-wave infarction. The principle finding was that the elderly non-Q-wave infarction patients accounted for 62% of all deaths occurring during the first year after hospital discharge. This suggests that an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach might be of particular benefit to these high-risk patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 33-36 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cardiology Review |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1996 |