Clinical analysis of 286 cases of acute myocardial infarction patients over 75 years old
HAN Jing
WANG Song-tao
YAN Yan
LIN Yun
Abstract：Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of patients aged over 75 years old with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods A total of 286 AMI patients more than 75 years old (group A)were admitted into hospital from August 2008 to May 2011.260 AMI patients under 75 years were selected as a control group (group B).The clinical characteristics of two groups were analyzed and compared.Results,There were 182 patients with untypical symptoms represented upper abdominal pain and sore throat(63.6％ ) in group A,which was higher than that in group B [ 52 cases ( 20.0％ ) ].The in-hospital death in older patients was higher than that in younger patients[ 16.3％ (45/286) vs3.3％ (8/260),P ＜ 0.01 ].Conclusion The symptom is untypical in AMI patients more than 75 years old and doctor should emphasize other important symptom without upper abdominal pain.
Keywords：Myocardial infarctionOld peopleSymptoms
Publication Date：2012-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)