INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSIS OF UNRECOGNIZED MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION - AN UPDATE ON THE FRAMINGHAM-STUDY
INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSIS OF UNRECOGNIZED MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION - AN UPDATE ON THE FRAMINGHAM-STUDY
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198411013111802
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
ABBOTT, RD
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作者:
KANNEL, WB;ABBOTT, RD
Of 708 myocardial infarctions among 5127 participants in the Framingham Study, more than 25% were discovered only through the appearance of new diagnostic evidence during routine biennial ECG examinations. Of these unrecognized infarctions almost half were silent, and the others caused atypical symptoms. The proportion of all infarcts that were unrecognized was higher in women and in older men. Such infarcts were uncommon in persons with angina. Unrecognized infarctions were as likely as recognized ones to cause death, heart failure or strokes. Recurrent infarctions were more common in women with recognized than with unrecognized infarcts, but this difference was not present in men. Recurrent infarctions were more likely to be recognized than were 1st infarctions. Unrecognized infarctions are common and have as serious a prognosis as recognized infarctions.