[Hospital and prehospital mortality from acute myocardial infarct during 1982-1984].

The hospital and pre-hospital lethality is discussed for the period 1982-1984 according to the materials of the Clinic of cardiology and the necropsy protocols of the chairs of forensic medicine and pathological anatomy. The role of the risk factors, age and sex for hospital lethality during all three years is given consideration. Hospital lethality was reduced during the last (1984), the relative share of the deceased of cardiogenic shock was decreased. Almost identically high level of pre-hospital lethality persisted during all three years, bringing up the problem of the effectiveness of the primary prophylaxis of ischemic heart disease and improved work at the level of regional and workshop physicians and emergency medical aid.