Open AccessWhat is the real hospital mortality from acute myocardial infarction?. Epidemiological vs clinical view
Author(s) -
Bernhard Kuch
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2001.2947
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , epidemiology , case fatality rate , emergency medicine , cardiology , intensive care medicine , medical emergency
To examine the general influence of the definition of fatal and non-fatal acute myocardial infarction and coronary deaths on the estimation of in-hospital case-fatality, and to show how the definition of acute myocardial infarction influences time-trends of hospital mortality over 11 years.
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