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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 (February 1995) DOI: / Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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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 , 87-94DOI: ( / ) Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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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 , 87-94DOI: ( / ) Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 3 Mortality at 2 weeks relative to number of “not low-risk” factors (see Table 4). Mayo Clinic Proceedings , 87-94DOI: ( / ) Copyright © 1995 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
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