Mortality Rates in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Iii. The Relation of Patient's Age to Prognosis

Article1 August 1954MORTALITY RATES IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. III. THE RELATION OF PATIENT'S AGE TO PROGNOSISSIDNEY SCHNUR, M.D., F.A.C.P.SIDNEY SCHNUR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-2-294 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe influence of the patient's age upon the mortality rate and the significance of age as a prognostic factor in acute myocardial infarction have long been subjects of dispute. All varieties of opinion have been expressed, including those of Rosenbaum and Levine,1, 2who contend that increased age is reflected in an increased mortality rate; Stroud,3who states that "closure of a coronary artery in a relatively young person is said to carry with it a more serious prognosis than in an older person"; and Russek,4who asserts that age of itself is not an important prognostic factor in acute...Bibliography1. RosenbaumLevine FSSA: Clinical and electrocardiographic features of acute myocardial infarction on immediate prognosis, Arch. Int. Med. 68: 913, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RosenbaumLevine FASA: Prognostic value of various clinical and electrocardiographic features of acute myocardial infarction, Arch. Int. Med. 68: 1215, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Stroud WB: The diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, 1946, F. A. Davis, Philadelphia, p. 713. Google Scholar4. RussekZohmanDoernerRussekWhite HIBLAAASLG: Age and survival in cases of acute myocardial infarction, J. A. M. A. 147: 1731, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Schnur S: Mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction. II. A proposed method for measuring quantitatively severity of illness on admission to the hospital, Ann. Int. Med. 39: 1018, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Houston, Texas*Received for publication January 18, 1954.From the Department of Medicine, Baylor University College of Medicine, and the Jefferson Davis, Methodist, Veterans Administration and Southern Pacific Hospitals, Houston, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byImmediate and long-term prognosis of acute myocardial infarction in the agedReferencesDie Ernährung des alternden MenschenDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktAcute myocardial infarction in a city hospitalStudies on Myocardial Infarction in Malmö 1935 to 1954.1LONG TERM PROGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. ANALYSIS IN RELATION TO RUSSEKS CLASSIFICATION OF “GOOD” AND “POOR” RISK CASES. 1 August 1954Volume 41, Issue 2Page: 294-298KeywordsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary arteriesDeath ratesHospital medicineMortality ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...