Cardiac Hypertrophy in Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Abstract
The study records the blood pressure, age, sex and autopsy findings of 100 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction. Cardiac hypertrophy was found in 70 patients, showing the frequent association of cardiac hypertrophy with acute myocardial infarction. Forty one cases (59%) of these were normotensive. Hypertension was present in 56% of the females and 30% of the males indicating that hypertension represents a greater risk factor in women than in men in the development of coronary heart disease. There is a preponderance of coronary artery disease in the young male, with a ratio of 6 males to 1 female in the 30-39 age group. Heart failure either acute or chronic was present in 32 of the 41 cases of cardiac hypertrophy among the normotensive group. Coronary artery disease is a common cause of cardiac hypertrophy with or without concomitant hypertension.