Acute Myocardial Infarction: Risk Stratification in the Thrombolytic Era Guy S. Reeder, M.D., Raymond J. Gibbons, M.D. Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 87-94 (February 1995) DOI: 10.4065/70.1.87 Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Severity of disease assessed by angiography. Number of diseased vessels in patients in prethrombolytic studies and in Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIM1) trial. cath = catheterization; VD = vessel disease. (From Rogers and assoelates.46 By permission of the American College of Cardiology.) Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1995 70, 87-94DOI: (10.4065/70.1.87) Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Patient selection effects in risk stratification studies in thrombolytic era. * = high-risk patients excluded before noninvasive testing—selection effects that render noninvasive testing less useful for predicting death or myocardial infarction (MI) in current era of thrombolytic therapy. PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1995 70, 87-94DOI: (10.4065/70.1.87) Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Mortality at 2 weeks relative to number of “not low-risk” factors (see Table 4). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1995 70, 87-94DOI: (10.4065/70.1.87) Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions