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The Fate of Patients Surviving Acute Myocardial InfarctionA Study of Clinical and Necropsy Data in Two Hundred Fifty Cases
RICHARD W. P. ACHOR, M.D.;
WILLIAM D. FUTCH, M.D.;
HOWARD B. BURCHELL, M.D.;
JESSE E. EDWARDS, M.D.
AMA Arch Intern Med. 1956;98(2):162-174.
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Acute myocardial infarction has become increasingly well recognized clinically since Herrick's 1 stimulating paper was published in 1912. Although the interval of time since then should have afforded adequate opportunity for study of the final outcome in patients who survive the acute attack of myocardial infarction, and for study of the relationship between clinical observations and observations made at necropsy, there have not been many reports of such studies. It was the purpose of our study to obtain information as to what lies ahead for these patients. We have tried to determine what factors, if any, affected the course of surviving patients after acute myocardial infarction, particularly in regard to length of survival and manner of death. In addition, we have studied features of the pathologic cardiac anatomy and have correlated with them the clinical observations.
Methods
Cases for study were selected from all necropsies performed at the Mayo Clinic
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Author Affiliations
Rochester, Minn.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 23, 1955.
Abridgment of thesis submitted by Dr. Achor to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Medicine.
Section of Medicine (Drs. Achor and Burchell) and Section of Pathologic Anatomy (Dr. Edwards), Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation; Fellow in Medicine, Mayo Foundation (Dr. Futch). The Mayo Foundation is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.
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