Open AccessTrends in Out-of-Hospital Deaths Due to Coronary Heart Disease in Sweden (1991 to 2006)
Author(s) -
Kerstin Dudas,
Georg Lappas,
Simon Stewart,
Annika Rosengren
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.964999
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , case fatality rate , myocardial infarction , pediatrics , demography , epidemiology , sociology
Case fatality associated with a first coronary event is often underestimated when only those who survive to reach a hospital are considered. Few studies have examined long-term trends in case fatality associated with a major coronary event that occurs out of the hospital.
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