TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence of acute myocardial infarction resulting in sudden death outside the hospital
AU - Adnet, Frédéric
AU - Renault, Robin
AU - Jabre, Patricia
AU - Kulstad, Erik
AU - Galinski, Michel
AU - Lapostolle, Frédéric
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Objective: To prospectively determine the percentage of cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) resulting in sudden death outside the hospital. Methods: Two groups of patients were defined by the emergency medical services. Group A comprised all out-of-hospital sudden deaths in 2004 meeting the criteria for possible or probable AMI (n=395 among 1072 sudden death patients, ie, 37%). Group B comprised all in-hospital AMI in the district during the same year according to hospital registry records (n=731). Results: The out-of-hospital sudden death rate due to AMI was determined by the ratio of the number of patients in group A over the total number of patients (A +B), and was found to be 35% (95% CI 32% to 38%). Conclusion: The estimated mortality of AMI appears to be 35% in this population. This figure suggests that significant improvement in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is still necessary.
AB - Objective: To prospectively determine the percentage of cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) resulting in sudden death outside the hospital. Methods: Two groups of patients were defined by the emergency medical services. Group A comprised all out-of-hospital sudden deaths in 2004 meeting the criteria for possible or probable AMI (n=395 among 1072 sudden death patients, ie, 37%). Group B comprised all in-hospital AMI in the district during the same year according to hospital registry records (n=731). Results: The out-of-hospital sudden death rate due to AMI was determined by the ratio of the number of patients in group A over the total number of patients (A +B), and was found to be 35% (95% CI 32% to 38%). Conclusion: The estimated mortality of AMI appears to be 35% in this population. This figure suggests that significant improvement in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is still necessary.
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U2 - 10.1136/emj.2010.095885
DO - 10.1136/emj.2010.095885
M3 - Article
C2 - 20826509
AN - SCOPUS:80053006353
SN - 1472-0205
VL - 28
SP - 884
EP - 886
JO - Emergency Medicine Journal
JF - Emergency Medicine Journal
IS - 10
ER -