THE INCIDENCE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PORTAL CIRRHOSIS

Abstract

Of 123 patients with portal cirrhosis verified at necropsy, only 3.3% died of acute coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction. In the general autopsy population of 1373 patients, 11.4% died with this condition. When 123 cirrhotics were compared with 156 cases of death by coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction, the incidence of infarction in other organs is much lower in the cirrhotic group. The relative frequency of other pathologic findings is also compared.