C4B*Q0 allotype as risk factor for myocardial infarction
- 30 July 1994
- Vol. 309 (6950) , 313-314
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6950.313
Abstract
We studied 181 consecutive patients with confirmed Q wave myocardial infarction admitted to four hospital departments between June 1992 and January 1993 (125 men, 56 women, aged 42-78), 93 consecutive patients with symptoms of angina pectoris (65 men, 28 women; aged 43-62) who were examined by coronary angiography (coronarography), and 737 previously tested healthy controls (252 young people aged 22-45 and 485 elderly people aged 60-99).1 Myocardial infarction was diagnosed as typical chest pain lasting at least one hour, an ST segment elevation of at least 1 mm in an electrocardiogram, and typical cardiac enzyme values. We diagnosed inferior and anterior wall infarction in 103 and 70 patients, respectively; in eight patients the localisation of the infarct was uncertain.Keywords
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