Myocardial infarction and coronary deaths in the World Health Organization MONICA Project. Registration procedures, event rates, and case-fatality rates in 38 populations from 21 countries in four continents.

Tunstall-Pedoe, H; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Amouyel, Philippe; Arveiler, Dominique; Rajakangas, Anna-Maija; Pająk, Andrzej

doi:10.1161/01.cir.90.1.583

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Myocardial infarction and coronary deaths in the World Health Organization MONICA Project. Registration procedures, event rates, and case-fatality rates in 38 populations from 21 countries in four continents.

Published in Circulation • Jul 1, 1994

Authors:

H Tunstall-Pedoe

Kari Kuulasmaa

Philippe Amouyel

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The WHO MONICA Project is a 10-year study that monitors deaths due to coronary heart disease (CHD), acute myocardial infarction, coronary care, and risk factors in men and women aged 35 to 64 years in defined communities. This analysis of methods and results of coronary event registratio...

Subject

Medicine

Case fatality rate

Myocardial infarction

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