摘要
冠心病（CHD）在英国仍然是导致死亡最常见的原因，它导致了22％的男性和12％的女性过早死亡。这些死亡大多数是由心肌梗死（MI）所导致，其中英国一年有260000例。在最近的10年里，CHD的死亡率已经有所下降，年龄在75岁以下的人群中，过早死亡已经减少了37％。这其中一半以上是由于主要的危险因素下降（主要是停止吸烟）所致；其余则是由于个体化治疗和二级预防。本文主要介绍MI的治疗。通过迅速和恰当的治疗可显著提高患者的存活率。
Coronary heart disease （CHD） remains the most common cause of death in the UK, causing 22% of premature deaths in men and 12% in women. Most of these deaths are due to myocardial infarction （MI）, of which there are 260,000 a year in the UK. The CHD death rate has decreased over the last 10 years, with a 57% reduction in premature deaths in those aged under 75 years. More than one-half of this reduction is due to a decline in major risk factors （predominantly smoking cessation）; the remainder is due to individual treatments and secondary prevention. This contribu- tion considers the treatment of MI. A significant improvement in survival can be made by prompt and appropriate intervention.
