Usefulness of Four Echocardiographic Risk Assessments in Predicting 30-Day Outcome in Acute Myocardial Infarction

One thousand fifty-one consecutive patients who had acute myocardial infarction were classified into 3 risk groups by 4 echocardiographic risk assessments: left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular filling pattern, estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure, and mitral regurgitation, wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 2005-07, Vol.96 (1), p.25-30
Hauptverfasser:	Carasso, Shemy, Sandach, Amir, Beinart, Roy, Schwammenthal, Ehud, Sagie, Alex, Kuperstein, Rafael, Behar, Solomon, Feinberg, Micha S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Blood Pressure Cardiology. Vascular system Coronary heart disease Echocardiography Female Health risk assessment Heart Heart attacks Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mitral Valve Insufficiency Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging Myocardial Infarction - mortality Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Risk Assessment Stroke Volume Systole Ultrasonic imaging Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
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Zusammenfassung:	One thousand fifty-one consecutive patients who had acute myocardial infarction were classified into 3 risk groups by 4 echocardiographic risk assessments: left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular filling pattern, estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure, and mitral regurgitation, with 30-day mortality rates of 13.7%, 3.8%, and 1%, respectively (p
ISSN:	0002-9149 1879-1913
DOI:	10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.038