Improved Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Michael G. Goldstein; Orlando Gomez-Marin; Aaron R. Folsom; Thomas E. Kottke; Richard F. Gillum; David R. Jacobs; Stanley A. Edlavitch; Henry Blackburn

doi:10.1056/NEJM198712243172612

Improved Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction

Michael G. Goldstein, Orlando Gomez-Marin, Aaron R. Folsom, Thomas E. Kottke, Richard F. Gillum, David R. Jacobs, Stanley A. Edlavitch, Henry Blackburn

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To the Editor: The findings reported by Gomez-Marin et al. (May 28 issue)¹ suggest that the improvement in long-term survival among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction between 1970 and 1980 was related to improved medical care in the acute phase, continued care plus secondary prevention after recovery, or both. The improvement in survival could not be attributed to decreased severity in the 1980 sample. The authors suggest that improvement in risk-factor levels may have contributed to the improvement in survival after myocardial infarction. Smoking status and interventions for smoking cessation were not described by the authors. Since smoking status….

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1665-1666
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	317
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198712243172612
State	Published - Dec 24 1987

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