MORTALITY, MORBIDITY AND TREATMENT OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A REVIEW OF 455 CASES

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Abstract
A study of 297 males and 158 females with acute myocardial infarction is presented. The mortality rate for the entire group was 40%; for patients with more than one attack it was 69%; for patients suffering from the 1st attack, with anticoagulant therapy it was 19%; without anticoagulant therapy it was 43%; for patients suffering more than one attack with anticoagulant therapy it was 31%; without anticoagulant therapy it was 82%. The incidence of thromboembolic complications without anticoagulant therapy was 7%. Of the patients who received anticoagulant therapy, 15% showed some abnormal bleeding. In no case was the bleeding serious. In the group who developed congestive heart failure and who received digitalis, mortality was 79%. The incidence of cardiac arrhythmias and associated mortality is also presented.