Complicated acute myocardial infarction requiring mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: Prognostic factors of clinical outcome in a series of 157 patients*

Abstract

We confirmed the high mortality rate of patients admitted to an intensive care unit with acute myocardial infarction requiring mechanical ventilation. In these patients, the main risk factors for death found, namely high APACHE II, early development of acute renal failure, and low resting left ventricular function, reflected the severity of the myocardial infarction.