B. W. Karlson

Emergency room prediction of mortality and severe complications in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (1994)

KARLSON, B. W., HERLITZ, J., HALLGREN, P., LILJEQVIST, J. A., ODÉN, A., HJALMARSON, Å.

This study aims at describing the in-hospital prognosis of patients admitted with suspected acute myocardial infarction, focusing on the possibility of emergency room prediction of the risk for death...

Characteristics and prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction in relation to occurrence of congestive heart failure (1994)

EMANUELSSON, H., KARLSON, B. W., HERLITZ, J.

Congestive heart failure is one of the major symptoms accompanying acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The study aimed to describe the occurrence, characteristics and prognosis of congestive heart...

Subjective symptoms and well-being differ in women and men after myocardial infarction (1993)

WIKLUND, I., HERLITZ, J., JOHANSSON, S., BENGTSON, A., KARLSON, B. W., PERSSON, N. G.

The frequency of subjective cardiac and psychological complaints among men and women a year after a confirmed diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI) were compared. Among 660 survivors, 595 patients...

Occurrence of angina pectoris prior to acute myocardial infarction and its relation to prognosis (1993)

HERLITZ, J., KARLSON, B. W., RICHTER, A., LILJEQVIST, J. Å, WIKLUND, O., HJALMARSON, Å

In 917 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) we evaluated the impact of previous angina pectoris on the prognosis. Thirty-four percent of the patients had chronic angina prior to AMI, and...

Follow-up of a 1-year media campaign on delay times and ambulance use in suspected acute myocardial infarction (1992)

HERLITZ, J., BLOHM, M., HARTFORD, M., KARLSON, B. W., LUEPKER, R., HOLMBERG, S., ...

In order to reduce the delay times from onset of symptoms to arrival in hospital, and increase the use of ambulance in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a media campaign was...

Disopyramide in the maintenance of sinus rhythm after electroconversion of atrial fibrillation. A placebo-controlled one-year follow-up study (1988)

KARLSON, B. W., TORSTENSSON, I., ÅBJÕRN, C., JANSSON, S.O., PETERSON|, L.E.

In this multicentre study, 90 patients who left hospital in sinus rhythm after electroconversion of atrial fibrillation were randomized to double-blind treatment with either disopyramide (n =...

Ten year mortality in relation to original size of myocardial infarct: results from the Gothenburg metoprolol study.

Herlitz, J., Karlson, B. W., Hjalmarson, A.

OBJECTIVE--To describe the relation between the extent of a myocardial infarct, measured according to maximum serum enzyme activity of lactate dehydrogenase, and mortality at 10 years. PATIENTS--In...

An evaluation of the results of media and educational campaigns designed to shorten the time taken by patients with acute myocardial infarction to decide to go to hospital.

Blohm, M. B., Hartford, M., Karlson, B. W., Luepker, R. V., Herlitz, J.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the benefits and pitfalls of educational campaigns designed to reduce the delay between the onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its treatment. METHODS: All seven...

Predictors of hospital readmission two years after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Herlitz, J., Albertsson, P., Brandrup-Wognsen, G., Emanuelsson, H., Haglid, M., Hartford, M., ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical factors before, and in association with, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) that increase the risk of readmission to hospital in the first two years after...

Factors associated with survival to hospital discharge among patients hospitalised alive after out of hospital cardiac arrest: change in outcome over 20 years in the community of Göteborg, Sweden

Herlitz, J, Bång, A, Gunnarsson, J, Engdahl, J, Karlson, B W, Lindqvist, J, ...

Objective: To describe the change in survival and factors associated with survival during a 20 year period among patients suffering from out of hospital cardiac arrest and being hospitalised alive.