Recent Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease — Mortality, Morbidity, Medical Care, and Risk Factors

Abstract

The recent decline in mortality due to CHD in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area can be explained by both the declining incidence of myocardial infarction in the population and the improved survival of patients with myocardial infarction.

Keywords

MedicineMyocardial infarctionMortality rateMedical recordPopulationEmergency medicineAcute careDemographyPediatricsHealth careInternal medicineEnvironmental health

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University of Minnesota US

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 334
Issue: 14
Pages: 884-890
Citations: 704
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                                    Paul G. McGovern, 
                                
                                    James S. Pankow, 
                                
                                    Eyal Shahar
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Recent Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease — Mortality, Morbidity, Medical Care, and Risk Factors. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 334
                            (14)
                            , 884-890.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199604043341403
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199604043341403