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February 9, 2010Circulation337 citationsOpen Access

Trends in Incidence, Severity, and Outcome of Hospitalized Myocardial Infarction

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Population

2,816 patients hospitalized with incident myocardial infarction from 1987 to 2006 in Olmsted County…

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Cohort

Follow-up

30 days and long-term

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VRVéronique L. RogerSWSusan A. WestonYGYariv Gerber

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Improved 30-day post-MI survival over two decades may inform prognostication; leaves open troponin's isolated contribution versus concurrent care advances.

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2,816 patients hospitalized with incident myocardial infarction from 1987 to 2006 in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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Myocardial infarction incidence, severity, and survivalhard clinical

The introduction of troponin-based criteria shifted the epidemiology of myocardial infarction, markedly increasing NSTEMI incidence, while 30-day mortality improved significantly from 1987 to 2006.

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Roger et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a086c950df715653be8aa6ehttps://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.109.897249
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