Life Expectancy in Coronary Thrombosis

The Underlying Risk of Death After Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Treatment

“…In most studies, the death rates from ischemic heart disease and stroke were not reported for each separate year of follow-up; we calculated these by multiplying the all-cause death rates by the proportions of all deaths in patients with first and subsequent MIs that were from heart disease ( Table 1, taking the excess mortality in the first year to be entirely cardiac) and that were from stroke. 9,10,15,18,19,22,23 In all 23 studies, the diagnosis of MI was based on a classic clinical history together with diagnostic electrocardiographic changes, including Q waves, ST-segment elevation, and T-wave changes, or, in patients who did not survive long enough to undergo an electrocardiogram, autopsy findings. In the 13 most recent studies, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]15,16,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] elevated serum concentrations of enzymes (serum aspartate transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase) were also used.…”

Myocardial Infarction

“…Unusual fatigue and apprehensiveness were prominent during the early convalescent period. 5. Congestive heart failure developed.…”

Clinical and Anatomic Features in Five Hundred Patients with Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarction

“…The current study has 4 principal purposes: (1) to establish the incidence of various clinical and anatomic features in a large group of patients with fatal acute myocardial infarction; (2) to relate various characteristics to the time that elapses between the onset of symptoms and death; (3) to compare the clinical and anatomic features of patients who die from the first attack of acute myocardial infarction with those in patients who die after repeated attacks; (4) Most characteristics appear to be similar in the 5 groups. The incidence of a few characteristics appeared to change with the elapse of time between the onset of symptoms and death.…”