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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Main Authors: Sunao Kojima, Kensaku Nishihira, Misa Takegami, Yoko M. Nakao, Satoshi Honda, Jun Takahashi, Morimasa Takayama, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Hisao Ogawa, Kazuo Kimura, Satoshi Yasuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906718300460