Low voltage electrocardiogram after acute myocardial infarction. Issue 7 (July 1975)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fox, K M; Tomlinson, I W; Meek, D R; Portal, R W; Aber, C P
• Is Part Of: Heart. Volume 37:Issue 7(1975)
• Page Start: 748
• Page End: 751
• Publication Date: 1975-07
• Subjects: Heart -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Cardiology -- Periodicals; 616.12
• DOI: 10.1136/hrt.37.7.748
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-6037

Abstract

Abstract : In a retrospective study of patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to a coronary monitoring unit in 1971 12 per cent (39 patients) had low voltage electrocardiograms within 72 hours of admission. Of these, 7 patients (18%) died while in hospital and a further 9 (23%) died within one year of their infarction. Of the 23 patients who survived, 16 were severely incapacitated by their symptoms at the one-year follow-up. A low voltage electrocardiogram in association with acute myocardial infarction appears to imply a poor prognosis in terms of both mortality and morbidity, independently of other prognostic indices.