Mortality Risk and Patterns of Practice in 2,070 Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, 1987-92 Relative Importance of Age, Sex, and Medical Therapy

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To define contemporary age- and sex-related mortality risks and patterns of medical practice in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DESIGN: Retrospective comparison of demographic and clinical variables, including the use of proven effective AMI medical therapy, among AMI patients cohorts from 1987 to 1992.

Authors

Tsuyuki RT; Teo KK; Ikuta RM; Bay KS; Greenwood PV; Montague TJ

Journal

Chest, Vol. 105, No. 6, pp. 1687–1692

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

6 1994

DOI

10.1378/chest.105.6.1687

ISSN

0012-3692

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Koon Teo

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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