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For patients with stroke distance &gt;\u2009100% (n\u2009=\u200960), 82\u2013100% (n\u2009=\u2009134), 63\u201381% (n\u2009=\u2009122), and &lt;\u200963% (n\u2009=\u200962), the one month mortality rates were 0%, 1.5%, 4%, and 18%, respectively; the corresponding estimates for mortality at five years were 17%, 19%, 24%, and 43%. Survival was independently related to age (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), stroke distance (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), and chest radiograph appearance (p\u2009=\u20090.002), but not to ECG codes (p\u2009=\u20090.31) or receipt of thrombolysis (p\u2009=\u20090.60). The areas under receiver operator characteristic plots for stroke distance measurements were 82%, 76%, 71%, and 65% for deaths within one month, six months, one year, and two years, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The bedside measurement of stroke distance stratifies mortality risk after acute myocardial infarction. 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