Nationwide real-world database of 20,462 patients enrolled in the Japanese Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (JAMIR): Impact of emergency coronary intervention in a super-aging population
Background: Cardiovascular diseases, including acute myocardial infarction (AMI), are leading causes of death among the Japanese, who have the longest life expectancy in the world. Over the past 50 years in Japan, the percentage of elderly individuals has increased 4-fold, from 5.7% in 1960 to 23.1%...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906718300460 |