Five-year prognosis in an incident cohort of people presenting with acute myocardial infarction.

Following an AMI, it is important for patients and their physicians to appreciate the subsequent risk of death, and the potential benefits of invasive cardiac procedures and secondary preventive therapy. Studies, to-date, have focused largely on high-risk populations. We wished to determine the risk...

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Main Authors: Colin R Simpson, Brian S Buckley, David J McLernon, Aziz Sheikh, Andrew Murphy, Philip C Hannaford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197664?pdf=render