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August 1, 2000HeartOpen Access

Incidence, recurrence, and case fatality rates for myocardial infarction in southwestern France, 1985 to 1993

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Population

All subjects aged 35 to 64 years living in the French department of Haute-Garonne, with 7210 coronary artery…

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1985 to 1993

Authors

PMPedro Marques‐Vidal

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Overview

Acute MI care gains drove most mortality drops; leaves open prevention's role in contemporary cohorts.

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Population
All subjects aged 35 to 64 years living in the French department of Haute-Garonne, with 7210 coronary artery disease events collected between 1985 and 1993.
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Outcome
Incidence, recurrence, and case fatality rates for myocardial infarctionhard clinical

The decrease in myocardial infarction mortality in southwestern France between 1985 and 1993 was primarily driven by improvements in acute management (reduced case fatality) rather than prevention.

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Pedro Marques‐Vidal (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83c896a3cef8348e9971b8https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.84.2.171
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