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Risk Assessment of Patients After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Killip Classification: An Institutional Experience.

Kashif A Hashmi, Fahar Adnan, Omer Ahmed, Syed Rafay Yaqeen, Javaria Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad M Edhi, Atif A Hashmi

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kashif A HashmiCardiology, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology, Multan, PAK.
Fahar AdnanCardiology, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology, Multan, PAK.
Omer AhmedInternal Medicine, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Syed Rafay YaqeenInternal Medicine, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, PAK.
Javaria AliPathology, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Muhammad IrfanStatistics, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Muhammad M EdhiNeuroscience/Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, USA.
Atif A HashmiPathology, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Rhode Island Hospital · USBaqai Medical University · PKJinnah Postgraduate Medical Center · PKPunjab Institute of Cardiology · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction The Killip classification system was introduced for clinical assessment of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). It stratifies individuals according to the severity of their post-MI heart failure. This system provides effective stratification of long-term and short-term outcomes in patients with acute MI and influences the treatment strategies. Revalidation of Killip class in our local population is mandatory. We planned this study to increase cardiologist's readiness to tackle the risks associated with increased mortality in each class post ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI). Objectives were to determine the frequency of Killip classes I, II, III, and IV and in-hospital mortality in each Killip class in patients with left ventricular failure secondary to STEMI. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Cardiology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, over a period of three years. Patients with STEMI were stratified using Killip classification, and validation was performed by determining the within 15 days in-hospital mortality in each Killip class. Results The frequency (percentage) of patients with STEMI in each Killip class from I to IV was 395 (81.4%), 46 (9.5%), 27 (5.6%), and 17 (3.5%), respectively, while the in-hospital mortality in each Killip class came out to be 39 (9.9%), 4 (8.7%), 25 (92.6%) and 17 (100%), respectively. The presence of diabetes, history of smoking, and body mass index (BMI) of more than 30 kg/m

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heart failurein-hospital mortalitykillip classst-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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PMID33489617
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