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Myocardial infarction

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Clinical features

Ask about a history of heart failure. a

Why? 

  • Heart failure increases the risk of a myocardial infarction a and subsequent mortality. a b
 

Expiry date: November 2003
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Author   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , B   Phillips , CM   Ball