Clinical Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Heart Failure Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

Autor:	Jorge R. Badaracco, Eduardo R. Perna, Natalia Augier, Jorge Cialzeta, Stella M. Macin, Marcelo A. Agüero, Eduardo F. Farias, Mariela Fontana
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Infarction Atrial fibrillation General Medicine medicine.disease Angina Pericarditis Internal medicine Heart failure medicine Cardiology Myocardial infarction complications Myocardial infarction business Third heart sound
Zdroj:	Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition). 58:789-796
ISSN:	1885-5857
DOI:	10.1016/s1885-5857(06)60507-0
Popis:	Introduction and objectives. To evaluate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of heart failure (HF) development in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Patients and method. Between May 1990 and March 2000, 836 consecutive patients were admitted with a diagnosis of AMI within 24 h of symptom onset. HF was defined as the presence of rales and a third heart sound with gallop, and evidence of pulmonary congestion on chest x-ray. It was diagnosed in 263 subjects (31.5%). Results. The mean age of patients with HF (group 1) was 63.4 (11.4) years compared with 59.9 (11.6) years in those without HF (group 2) (P
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