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Coronary heart disease trends in England and Wales from 1984 to 2004 revealed a concealed leveling of mortality rates among young adults despite record spending on revascularization.
Highlights a concerning plateau in CHD mortality improvements among young adults in England and Wales despite increased revascularization spending.
To the Editor: O’Flaherty and colleagues1 have identified a worrying change in the hitherto improving CHD mortality data in England and Wales, which has occurred despite record spending on coronary revascularisation. They correctly propose that the health intervention measures, as recommended by Wanless2 and supported by the National Heart Forum3 and NICE,4 should be urgently …
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M Chester (2008) studied this question. Coronary heart disease trends in England and Wales from 1984 to 2004 revealed a concealed leveling of mortality rates among young adults despite record spending on revascularization.
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