Complicated acute myocardial infarction requiring mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: prognostic factors of clinical outcome in a series of 157 patients.

ObjectiveTo determine prognostic factors associated with death in patients with complicated acute myocardial infarction requiring mechanical ventilation.DesignRetrospective chart-based analysis.SettingA 22-bed medical intensive care unit in a university hospital.PatientsA total of 157 consecutive pa