[Coronary risk stratification and aspects of decision making after infarction]. / Stratificazione del rischio coronarico ed aspetti decisionali del postinfarto.

The prognosis of myocardial infarction has considerably and favourably changed over the last decades thanks to new procedures in the hospital and post-discharge management. The identification of high-risk patients exposed to recurrent coronary events allows more appropriate treatment of these subjects and significantly contributes to the observed improvement in the general prognosis. In this short review, we examine different procedures for prognostic assessment in myocardial infarction and discuss a strategy for a favourable cost/benefit ratio in their utilization.