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Trends in survival of hospitalized stroke patients between 1970 and 1985. The Minnesota Heart Survey.
Author(s) -
Paul G. McGovern,
James S. Pankow,
G L Burke,
Eyal Shahar,
J. Michael Sprafka,
Aaron R. Folsom,
H Blackburn
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.24.11.1640
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , gerontology , physical therapy , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Age-adjusted stroke mortality rates declined approximately 50% between 1970 and 1990 in both the United States and Minnesota, but the reasons for this decline are not clear. This report examines possible improvements in short- and long-term survival of hospitalized definite stroke patients in the Minneapolis-St Paul (the Twin Cities) metropolitan area during this period.

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