Myocardial infarction--the problems and prognosis: Paper 2
O'Shea, R.F.
Australian Family Physician Suppl: 16-18
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 708309 Document Number: 497669
Deaths from coronary heart disease and myocardial infarct may occur in previously undiagnosed subjects (the so called pre-hospital phase), in hospital following admission to a coronary care unit, or following discharge. Mortality in the pre-hospital phase has been estimated at 35--40 per cent. Within Australia the mortality in the coronary care unit is 11--17 per cent. Following discharge, the mortality is about 20 per cent in the first 12 months and then occurs at about four to five per cent per year for the first five years.