Why the study?
Does the location of acute myocardial infarction (inferior/posterior vs anterior/lateral) affect the incidence of arrhythmias and in-hospital mortality in patients with AMI?
Population
21,807 patients with a primary diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction from 1996 to 2003 in the United…
Comparison
Inferior or posterior AMI vs Anterior or lateral AMI
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
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May warrant site-specific conduction monitoring in inferior/posterior AMI; leaves open independent prognostic value after adjustment.
Does the location of acute myocardial infarction (inferior/posterior vs anterior/lateral) affect the incidence of arrhythmias and in-hospital mortality in patients with AMI?
Inferior or posterior AMIs are associated with a higher risk of complete heart block but a lower risk of in-hospital mortality compared to anterior or lateral AMIs.
Hreybe et al. (2009) studied this question.
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