Immediate and long-term prognosis of acute myocardial infarction in the aged

The immediate prognosis and long-term survival of 132 consecutive not-monitored cases of acute myocardial infarction has been estimated in a 7-yr prospective study of a defined community of persons aged 65 and above.The prognostic implication of the demographic characteristics and of certain antecedent biological-physiological attributes of the subjects, as well as the impact of several severe initial manifestations in the acute attack, have been evaluated. In some respects the results are in harmony with other series of predominantly younger people, although the absolute long-term survival of this cohort was appreciably less favourable.