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June 1, 1973CirculationOpen Access

Left Ventricular Size after Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Why the study?

Does left heart dimension measured on chest roentgenograms predict survival and morbidity in patients after acute myocardial infarction?

Population

125 patients after acute myocardial infarction

Comparison

Measurement of external left heart dimension on… vs Normal LHD vs Enlarged LHD (>52 mm/m2 BSA)

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

average 10.5 months (range 2-31 months)

Authors

WKWilliam J. KostukInterventional CardiologyTKThomas M. KazamiasUniversity of California, San DiegoMGM. GanderLoma Linda University Medical Center

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Implication

Enlarged LHD on chest radiographs signals high early post-MI mortality risk; hypothesis-generating for incremental prognostic value in modern cohorts.

Structured PICO

Does left heart dimension measured on chest roentgenograms predict survival and morbidity in patients after acute myocardial infarction?

P
Population
125 patients after acute myocardial infarction
I
Intervention
Measurement of external left heart dimension (LHD) on calibrated chest roentgenograms
C
Comparator
Normal LHD vs Enlarged LHD (>52 mm/m2 BSA)
O
Outcome
Survival and morbidity (NYHA class) during early (<4 weeks) and late follow-up (average 10.5 months)hard clinical

Left heart dimension measured on chest roentgenograms is a useful predictor of survival and morbidity after acute myocardial infarction.

Cite This Study

Kostuk et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10db08cfa01e990d9fac4ahttps://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.47.6.1174
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