Acute Myocardial Infarction in 258 Cases of Diabetes

Abstract

THIS is a study of 258 hospitalized diabetic patients who sustained acute myocardial infarction. The data deal with the immediate mortality of the acute attack and the five-year survival among those who recovered from it, as well as with various associated and prognostic factors. The findings are compared with previously reported similar studies of diabetic patients and the general population.Materials and MethodsAll 258 patients had diabetes mellitus and were admitted with acute myocardial infarction to the Joslin Clinic Service of the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston during a five-year period from 1954 to 1958. The criteria for . . .