Relevance of heart rate as a prognostic factor in patients with acute myocardial infarction: insights from the GISSI-2 study. - Concepedia

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Relevance of heart rate as a prognostic factor in patients with acute myocardial infarction: insights from the GISSI-2 study.

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1998

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Giulio Zuanetti, L Mantini, Francisco Hernández‐Bernal, Simona Barlera, Domenico Di Gregorio, Roberto Latini, Aldo P. Maggioni

Abstract

The present study indicates that HR values from a standard 12-lead ECG independently predict mortality in patients with acute MI during the in-hospital phase and after discharge. This simple index appears very useful for risk stratification in clinical practice.