Validation of the Killip-Kimball Classification and Late Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Validation of the Killip-Kimball Classification and Late Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Background: The classification or index of heart failure severity in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was proposed by Killip and Kimball aiming at assessing the risk of in-hospital death and the potential benefit of specific management of care provided in Coronary Care Units (CCU) dur...

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Main Authors: Bruno Henrique Gallindo de Mello, Gustavo Bernardes F. Oliveira, Rui Fernando Ramos, Bernardo Baptista C. Lopes, Cecília Bitarães S. Barros, Erick de Oliveira Carvalho, Fabio Bellini P. Teixeira, Guilherme D'Andréa S. Arruda, Maria Sol Calero Revelo, Leopoldo Soares Piegas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2014-08-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
Índice de Gravidade de Doenças
Insuficiência Cardíaca / mortalidade
Infarto do Miocárdio / mortalidade
Prognóstico
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