Why the study?
Does a diagnostic algorithm using clinical variables and echocardiography improve the early diagnosis of subacute free wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
2608 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction, including 24 who developed subacute free wall…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
median 8 hours following onset of rupture symptoms for…
Authors
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May inform rupture risk stratification after AMI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Does a diagnostic algorithm using clinical variables and echocardiography improve the early diagnosis of subacute free wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
A diagnostic algorithm incorporating clinical variables and urgent echocardiography can facilitate the early and timely diagnosis of subacute free wall rupture in acute myocardial infarction.
Pollak et al. (1993) studied this question.
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