Maximum respiratory rate, left bundle-branch block, and age were the most important prognostic factors, characterizing patient groups with a 3-year monthly mortality up to 74%.
Cohort (n=475)
Maximum respiratory rate, left bundle-branch block, and age are key prognostic indicators for 3-year mortality in survivors of acute myocardial infarction.
A 3-year follow-up with regard to survival was made of 475 initial survivors of an acute myocardial infarction originally treated in a coronary care unit. Previous diseases, complications during the hospital stay, as well as findings recorded on discharge from hospital, were used to construct a prognostic stratification. By multivariate analyses maximum respiratory rate during the coronary care unit stay, left bundle-branch block, and age proved prognostically most important. Using only these factors, patient groups with a 3-year monthly mortality up to 74 per cent were characterized.
C. Helmers (Sun,) conducted a cohort in acute myocardial infarction (n=475). Maximum respiratory rate, left bundle-branch block, and age was evaluated on 3-year survival. Maximum respiratory rate, left bundle-branch block, and age were the most important prognostic factors, characterizing patient groups with a 3-year monthly mortality up to 74%.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: