Marked improvement in survival after acute myocardial infarction in middle-aged men but not in women. The northern Sweden MONICA study 1985-94

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 579-587

  Peltonen, M ^a,b,e   Lundberg, V ^a,c   Huhtasaari, F ^a,d   Asplund, K ^a,b  

^a Departments of Medicine   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Kalix Hospital   (Sweden)

^d Luleå Boden Hospital   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Case fatality; Gender; Survival; Sweden; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034031229     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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