National trends over one decade in hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction among Spanish adults with type 2 diabetes: cumulative incidence, outcomes and use of percutaneous coronary intervention.

BACKGROUND: This study aims to describe trends in the rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and use of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients with and without type 2 diabetes in Spain, 2001-2010. METHODS: We selected all patients with a discharge of AMI using national hospital dis...

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Main Authors: Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Isabel Jimenez-Trujillo, Carmen Gallardo-Pino, Angel Gil de Miguel, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3893222?pdf=render