Why the study?
Does the decade of Q-wave MI occurrence (1970s and 1980s vs 1950s/1960s) improve long-term risks of CHD death, all-cause mortality, reinfarction, and CHF?
Does the decade of Q-wave MI occurrence (1970s and 1980s vs 1950s/1960s) improve long-term risks of CHD death, all-cause mortality, reinfarction, and CHF?
Long-term risk of CHD death and all-cause mortality after Q-wave MI declined significantly from 1950 to 1989, though the risk of recurrent MI and CHF remained unchanged.
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Declining post-MI mortality may reflect care advances; leaves open whether recurrent MI or CHF risks have improved in contemporary cohorts.
Guidry et al. (1999) studied this question.
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