Trends in incidence, attack rate, and mortality of acute myocardial infarction in Estonia: The Tallinn AMI Registry 1991-2005

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-111

  Laks, Toivo ^a   Jõeste, Enn ^a   Pullisaar, Olar ^a   Mäeots, Ene ^b   Lapidus, Ilja ^c   Pietilä, Arto ^d   Salomaa, Veikko ^d  

^a North Estonia Medical Centre   (Estonia)

^b East Tallinn Central Hospital   (Estonia)

^c WEST TALLINN CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; AMI attack rate; AMI incidence; AMI registry; Mortality of AMI

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ADULT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84873326376     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.645380     Document Type: Article

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