Why the study?
Does maximum serum creatine kinase or calculated infarct size predict mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
194 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
hospital stay plus the next 90 days
Authors
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May support short-term AMI mortality stratification by peak CK adjusted for age and prior MI; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Does maximum serum creatine kinase or calculated infarct size predict mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Maximum CK and calculated infarct size, when combined with age and prior AMI history, effectively stratify short-term mortality risk in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Nordlander et al. (1979) studied this question.
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