Myocardial infarction in old people. The influence of diabetes mellitus

Day, J. J., Bayer, Antony James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X, Chadha, J. S. and Pathy, M. S. J. 1988. Myocardial infarction in old people. The influence of diabetes mellitus. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 36 (9) , pp. 791-794.

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Abstract

The clinical features and outcome were determined for 100 consecutive patients aged 65 years or older with a history of diabetes mellitus who presented to hospital with acute myocardial infarction. Each case was compared with an age- and sex-matched nondiabetic control also admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction. Chest pain was equally common in both groups and was the main presenting symptom. Cardiac failure was a more frequent accompaniment in the diabetics, despite the lack of evidence for greater infarct size in this group. The outcome was worst for female diabetics, of whom 46% died. Contrary to popular teaching, painless myocardial infarction is not a specific feature of elderly diabetics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0002-8614
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/50062

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