Population
30 patients with acute myocardial infarction
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 or more weeks
Authors
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Transient post-MI spirometric changes may reflect congestion; hypothesis-generating for respiratory monitoring in acute care.
Acute myocardial infarction causes transient, reversible airway obstruction and altered pulmonary mechanics that correlate with elevated pulmonary vascular pressures and congestion.
Interiano et al. (1973) studied this question.
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