Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by GEISMAR, P.
Right arrow Articles by DEYER, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by GEISMAR, P.
Right arrow Articles by DEYER, K.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1973 Oxford University Press

other

Long-term Survival after Myocardial Infarction: A National Follow-up Study on 642 Patients in Denmark

PETER GEISMAR1, ERIK IVERSEN2, JOHANNES MOSBECH3 and KAREN DEYER4

1Medical Department, Copenhagen County Hospital St. Elisabeth, Copenhagen 2300, Denmark
234Medical Department, Copenhagen County Hospital, St. Elisabeth, Danish Tuberculosis Index, and National Health Service of Denmark Statistical Section, Copenhagen, Denmark

All cases of acute myocardial infarction admitted to hospital in Denmark during a two month period in 1963 were notified. Of the 642 patients who were discharged alive, 399 died during the follow-up period of eight years. This is three times the number expected according to the normal mortality. The five-year survival for patients with first infarction was 56%, for patients with re-infarction 38%. The corresponding values for eight-year survival were 41% and 22%. The variation of excess mortality with age, sex, follow-up year, and number of previous myocardial infarctions respectively, was analysed by calculating standardized death rates. No significant difference in excess mortality was found between males and females. The total mortality for men in the youngest age group was 30 times higher than normal in the first year after myocardial Infarction. The absolute mortality increased with age, but this could be explained to a great extent by the increase in general mortality. The number of years lost due to excess mortality for men aged from 45 to 65 with first infarction was estimated to be 10–6 years. Of the 399 deceased patients 297 (74%) died of heart disease, including 92 of confirmed and 126 of probable infarction.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Arch Intern MedHome page
M. R. Law, H. C. Watt, and N. J. Wald
The Underlying Risk of Death After Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Treatment
Arch Intern Med, November 25, 2002; 162(21): 2405 - 2410.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eur Heart JHome page
F.C Lampe, P.H Whincup, S.G Wannamethee, A.G Shaper, M Walker, and S Ebrahim
The natural history of prevalent ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged men
Eur. Heart J., July 1, 2000; 21(13): 1052 - 1062.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.