Population
882 patients admitted to a single hospital following an acute myocardial infarction. Among the 740…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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Severe post-MI CHF predicts markedly higher 5-year mortality; extends prognostic stratification in survivors while leaving causal interventions open in cohort data.
In survivors of acute myocardial infarction, the development and severity of congestive heart failure is a strong independent predictor of 5-year mortality, while beta-blocker therapy at discharge is associated with improved survival.
Herlitz et al. (1997) studied this question.
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