RT Book, Section
A1 Antman, Elliott M.
A1 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Fauci, Anthony
A2 Kasper, Dennis
A2 Hauser, Stephen
A2 Longo, Dan
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
SR Print(0)
ID 1198228099
T1 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264268504
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1198228099
RD 2024/04/18
AB Acute  myocardial  infarction  (AMI)  is  a  common  diagnosis  in  hospitalized  patients  in  industrialized  countries.  In  the  United  States,  ~605,000  patients  experience  a  new  AMI,  and  200,000  experience  a  recurrent  AMI  each  year.  About  half  of  AMI-related  deaths  occur  before  the  stricken  individual  reaches  the  hospital.  Of  note,  the  in-hospital  mortality  rate  after  admission  for  AMI  has  declined  from  10  to  ~5%.  The  1-year  mortality  rate  after  AMI  is  ~15%.  Mortality  is  approximately  fourfold  higher  in  elderly  patients  (aged  >75)  as  compared  with  younger  patients.