Declining severity of myocardial infarction from 1987 to 2002: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

Background: Death rates for coronary heart disease have been declining in the United States, but the reasons for this decline are not clear. One factor that could contribute to this decline is a reduction in the severity of acute myocardial infarction (MI). We hypothesized that for those patients ho...

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Published in:	Circulation Vol. 119; no. 4; pp. 503 - 515
Main Authors:	Myerson M, Coady S, Taylor H, Rosamond WD, Goff DC Jr, Myerson, Merle, Coady, Sean, Taylor, Herman, Rosamond, Wayne D, Goff, David C Jr
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2/3/2009
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost