February 1, 2000European Heart Journal

Mortality of patients admitted with a suspected acute myocardial infarction in whom the diagnosis is not confirmed

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Population

1716 sequential patients discharged alive from two acute teaching hospitals following admission in 1992 with…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

5 years

Authors

CPC. PackhamNational Institutes of Natural Sciences

Discussion

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Implication

May warrant closer monitoring in suspected but unconfirmed MI; leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective data.

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Population

1716 sequential patients discharged alive from two acute teaching hospitals following admission in 1992 with suspected but not confirmed acute myocardial infarction ('possible myocardial infarction')

Comparator

Age/sex matched general population, and patients discharged alive in the same year following a confirmed myocardial infarction

Outcome

Mortality following hospital discharge after 5 years of follow-uphard clinical

Patients admitted with suspected but unconfirmed acute myocardial infarction have a substantially increased risk of death over 5 years compared to the general population, and worse survival than those with confirmed MI.

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C. Packham (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a710ed65d37378ac1de389d https://doi.org/10.1053/euhj.1999.1757

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Mortality of patients admitted with a suspected acute myocardial infarction in whom the diagnosis is not confirmed

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Mortality of patients admitted with a suspected acute myocardial infarction in whom the diagnosis is not confirmed

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