Role of age and sex in short-term and long term mortality after a first Q wave myocardial infarction

摘要

Study objective-The objective of this study was to analyse whether the risk of death within 28 days and three years after a first Q wave myocardial infarction was higher in hospitalised women than in men. Design-Follow up study. Patients and setting-All consecutive first Q wave myocardial infarction patients Aged 25 to 74 years (447 women and 2322 Men) admitted to a tertiary hospital in Gerona, Spain, from 1978 to 1997 were Registered and followed up for three years.