Key result
Electrocardiogram findings such as Q wave infarction and reciprocal changes in patients with acute myocardial infarction were associated with higher 6-year mortality (overall AMI mortality 36%).
Why the study?
What is the prognostic importance of the admission electrocardiogram and clinical factors for long-term mortality in patients presenting to the coronary care unit with acute chest pain?
Population
536 consecutive patients admitted to a coronary care unit with acute chest pain
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 years
Authors
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Admission ECG may refine long-term AMI risk stratification; leaves open whether it guides interventions.
Cohort (n=536)
What is the prognostic importance of the admission electrocardiogram and clinical factors for long-term mortality in patients presenting to the coronary care unit with acute chest pain?
The admission electrocardiogram provides significant prognostic information for 6-year mortality in patients presenting to the coronary care unit with acute myocardial infarction.
Metcalfe et al. (1990) conducted a cohort in acute chest pain (n=536). Electrocardiogram was evaluated on Six year mortality. Electrocardiogram findings such as Q wave infarction and reciprocal changes in patients with acute myocardial infarction were associated with higher 6-year mortality (overall AMI mortality 36%).
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