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Pericarditis in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
McLean K. H.,
Bett J. H. N.,
Saltups A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1975.tb03245.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lactic dehydrogenase , pericarditis , myocardial infarction , cardiology , incidence (geometry) , acute pericarditis , infarction , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics , enzyme
Summary: In 1505 patients with acute myocardial infarction (Ml) pericarditis was diagnosed most often in those with anterior transmural ECG changes. Those with pericarditis had a significantly greater hospital mortality and peak serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and a greater incidence of left ventricular failure (LVF). The patients reported here 1 and our methods of study 2, 4 have been described.