Journal article
Twenty year trends (1975–1995) in the incidence, in-hospital and long-term death rates associated with heart failure complicating acute myocardial infarction A community-wide perspective
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe from a population-based perspective, recent and temporal (1975-1995) trends in the incidence, in-hospital and postdischarge case-fatality rates of heart failure (HF) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
BACKGROUND: Extremely limited data are available describing the incidence and case-fatality rates associated with HF complicating AMI from a community-wide perspective.
Authors
Spencer FA; Meyer TE; Goldberg RJ; Yarzebski J; Hatton M; Lessard D; Gore JM
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 1378–1387
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 1999
DOI
10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00390-3
ISSN
0735-1097