[The comparative characterization of different forms of myocardial infarction at a 30-year interval]

The paper presents the results of morphological and morphometrical studies of 247 subjects who have died from diferent forms of myocardial infarction (MI) in comparison with those of the study conducted by G. G. Avtandilov and K. D. Salbiyev 30 years ago. The performed study demonstrates that general trends in the occurrence and development of MI have undergone no substantial changes in the past 30years. The reduction in the count of platelets from 50 to 30% may be due to the advent of more effective anriaggregants and the use of current thrombolytics during both emergency care delivery and acute MI treatment. It is rather difficult to macroscopically define the borders of infarction at 72 hours after its onset for the pathological processes progress and the extent of infarction is expanded.