Acute, Severe Noncardiac Conditions in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Lichtman JH, Fathi A, Radford MJ, Lin Z, Loeser CS, Krumholz HM. Acute, Severe Noncardiac Conditions in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Medicine 2006, 119: 843-850. PMID: 17000215, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNoncardiac conditionsHospital mortalityPrognostic importanceMyocardial infarctionMortality riskYale-New Haven HospitalExcessive mortality riskHospital mortality riskSubgroup of patientsSubset of patientsRisk-adjusted analysisRisk of deathMultivariable logistic modelCardiac severityInitial therapyConsecutive patientsClinical presentationMultivariable analysisMedical historyPatientsPatient recordsMortalityMarked increaseInfarction