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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Jun 1977
[Short- and long-term prognosis of cardiac arrest in acute myocardial infarction (author's transl)].
- M Rupp, W Bleifeld, H Steyns, and S Effert.
- Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. 1977 Jun 24;102(25):922-7.
AbstractOf 80 patients with acute myocardial infarction who had a cardiac arrest without shock 42 (52.5%) were resuscitated in a cardiological intensive care unit. Twenty-six were finally discharged from hospital. After an average of four years, 21 patients were still alive. Prognosis of primary ventricular fibrillation, the most frequent cause of circulatory arrest (51) was more favourable than that of primary asystole (23 patients). The younger the patient the better the prognosis: the average age of the 21 who survived for several years was 12 years less than those who had died. Follow-up examination indicated that 13 had signs of heart failure. Ventricular extrasystoles were demonstrated by ECG in 11. Eight had depressive episodes. It is likely that a further decrease in death-rate can be achieved only if the interval between onset of infarction and admission to an intensive care unit can be shortened.
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