Twenty-five-year trends in myocardial infarction attack and mortality rates, and case-fatality, in six European populations

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1413-1421

  Dégano, Irene R ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Veronesi, Giovanni ^c   Ferriéres, Jean ^d   Kirchberger, Inge ^e,f   Laks, Toivo ^g,h   Havulinna, Aki S ^b   Ruidavets, Jean Bernard ^d   Ferrario, Marco M ^c   Meisinger, Christa ^e,f   Elosua, Roberto ^a   Marrugat, Jaume ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g North Estonia Medical Centre   (Estonia)

^h TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941632733     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307310     Document Type: Article

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