RT Book, Section
A1 Antman, Elliott M.
A1 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1155974997
T1 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155974997
RD 2024/04/24
AB Acute  myocardial  infarction  (AMI)  is  a  most  common  diagnosis  in  hospitalized  patients  in  industrialized  countries.  In  the  United  States,  ~660,000  patients  experience  a  new  AMI,  and  305,000  experience  a  recurrent  AMI  each  year.  About  half  of  AMI-related  deaths  occur  before  the  stricken  individual  reaches  the  hospital.  Of  note,  the  in-hospital  mortality  rate  after  admission  for  AMI  has  declined  from  10  to  about  5%  over  the  past  decade.  The  1-year  mortality  rate  after  AMI  is  about  15%.  Mortality  is  approximately  fourfold  higher  in  elderly  patients  (aged  >75)  as  compared  with  younger  patients.