Do diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension predispose to left ventricular free wall rupture in acute myocardial infarction?

T Melchior; P Hildebrant; L Køber; G Jensen; C Torp-Pedersen

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00646-2

Do diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension predispose to left ventricular free wall rupture in acute myocardial infarction?

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Nov 1;80(9):1224-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00646-2.

Authors

T Melchior¹, P Hildebrant, L Køber, G Jensen, C Torp-Pedersen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark.

PMID: 9359558
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00646-2

Abstract

Diabetes and systemic hypertension had no influence on left ventricular free wall rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction. Age <65 years and a history of coronary artery disease offers some protection from protection.

MeSH terms

Aged
Causality
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology*
Female
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / epidemiology*
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Factors