ArticleBritish heart journal1995
Factors determining case fatality in myocardial infarction "who dies in a heart attack"?
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- Country of birth and survival after a first myocardial infarction in Stockholm, Sweden.European journal of epidemiology · 2008Article
- The effect of leisure-time physical activity on the risk of acute myocardial infarction depending on body mass index: a population-based case-control study.BMC public health · 2006Article
- Fatality of acute coronary events in relation to hypertension and low-grade inflammation: a population-based cohort study.Journal of human hypertension · 2006Article
- Treatment of lipid disorders in patients with diabetes.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2006Article
- Phospholipase C activation is required for cardioprotection by ethanol consumption.Experimental and clinical cardiology · 2003Article
- Myocardial infarction in an urban population: worse long term prognosis for patients from less affluent residential areas.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2002Article
- Lewis phenotypes, leisure time physical activity, and risk of ischaemic heart disease: an 11 year follow up in the Copenhagen male study.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2001Article
- Activation of epsilon protein kinase C correlates with a cardioprotective effect of regular ethanol consumption.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1998Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the determinants of case fatality in the first major ischaemic heart disease event (heart attack) after screening.
methodsProspective study of 7735 middle aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British towns.
resultsDuring 11.5 years follow up there were 743 major ischaemic heart disease events of which 302 (40.6%) were fatal within 28 days of onset. Previous definite myocardial infarction or stroke and age at time of event were most strongly associated with case fatality. In men with no previous myocardial infarction or stroke, after adjustment for a range of risk factors, antihypertensive treatment (odds ratio (OR) = 1.97, P < 0.05), arrhythmia (OR = 1.93, P = 0.06), increased heart rate (OR = 2.03, P = 0.06), and diabetes (OR = 2.61, P = 0.07) were associated with increased case fatality. High levels of physical activity (OR = 0.53, P < 0.05) and moderate drinking (16-42 units/week) (OR = 0.61, P < 0.05) were associated with lower case fatality, although moderate drinking was not associated with a lower incidence of major ischaemic heart disease events. Current smoking, serum total cholesterol, and systolic blood pressure were not significantly associated with case fatality. In men with previous myocardial infarction or stroke, arrhythmia and to a lesser degree antihypertensive treatment, moderate or heavy drinking, and diabetes were associated with higher case fatality.
conclusionThese findings suggest that physical activity may be an important modifiable factor influencing the incidence of ischaemic heart disease and the chance of survival in men without a previous heart attack or stroke. Arrhythmia, increased heart rate, diabetes, and treatment for hypertension are also areas of concern.
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