PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE OF INFARCTION LOCATION IN PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

This study assesses the impact of infarct location on immediate (in-ho spital) and 1- and 5-year mortality among patients with reinfarction d uring the year following discharge from the initial episode of myocard ial infarction, The analysis included 192 patients with a second myoca rdial infarction who were compared in four infarction location groups. The in-hospital mortality associated with reinfarction was higher in patients with a second anterior (32%) than with a second inferior (18% ) location, irrespective of the first infarction location (p = 0.03). At 5 years of follow-up, the mortality (65 %) tended to be higher in p atients with a first anterior-second anterior infarction as compared w ith patients with all other combinations of location.