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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN FIJI
Author(s) -
Sorokin Michael
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb76548.x
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , mortality rate , medicine , cardiology , infarction , demography , emergency medicine , sociology
Two hundred and twelve cases of myocardial infarction seen personally in a Fiji Divisional hospital are described. The majority of patients were male Indians and one–third were diabetic. The overall mortality rate was 24‐1% although this is gradually decreasing. An attempt to lower the mortality rate by the use of a “preventive“ regime without cardiac monitoring apparatus is described, the results showing no advantage over an empirical regime.