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(Chest. 1958;33:414-422.)
© 1958 American College of Chest Physicians

The Occurrence of Arrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Infarctions

C. CLIFFORD JOHNSON M.D.1 and PAUL F. MINER M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 The Department of Medicine of St. Luke's Hospital and St. Alphonsus Hospital.

1. Arrhythmias, excluding extrasystoles and bundle branch block, were found to be present in 16.5 per cent (31 of 187 cases) of acute myocardial infarctions reviewed in a study from two community general hospitals.

2. The over-all mortality of acute myocardial infarctions was 23.5 per cent and was higher among those with other complicating factors, such as heart failure or shock. Mortality of the patients with arrhythmias was 29.2 per cent (9 of 31) while the mortality in patients without arrhythmias was 22.4 per cent.

3. The relationship of the incidence of various types of arrhythmias to sex, age, site of infarctions and other complicating factors, such as heart failure and shock, has been discussed.






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