Relative contribution of trends in myocardial infarction event rates and case fatality to declines in mortality: an international comparative study of 1·95 million events in 80·4 million people in four countries

• Main Authors: Ximena Camacho, MMath (Author), Lee Nedkoff, PhD (Author), F Lucy Wright, DPhil (Author), Nhung Nghiem, PhD (Author), Emmalin Buajitti, MPH (Author), Raphael Goldacre, MSc (Author), Laura C Rosella, PhD (Author), Olena Seminog, DPhil (Author), Eng Joo Tan, PhD (Author), Alison Hayes, PhD (Author), Andrew Hayen, ProfPhD (Author), Nick Wilson, ProfMBChB (Author), Tony Blakely, ProfPhD (Author), Philip Clarke, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Myocardial infarction mortality has declined since the 1970s, but contemporary drivers of this trend remain unexplained. The aim of this study was to compare the contribution of trends in event rates and case fatality to declines in myocardial infarction mortality in four high-i...