Why the study?
What is the long-term trend in the incidence and case fatality rate of acute myocardial infarction in Korea between 1997 and 2007?
Population
Korean population in the National Health Insurance Database between 1997 and 2007 with acute myocardial…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
11 years (1997-2007)
Authors
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Rising AMI incidence despite falling fatality in Korea supports prevention surveillance; leaves open drivers and generalizability.
What is the long-term trend in the incidence and case fatality rate of acute myocardial infarction in Korea between 1997 and 2007?
The incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Korea more than doubled from 1997 to 2007, although the case fatality rate decreased significantly over the same period.
Hong et al. (2009) studied this question.
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