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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1999; 34:1378-1387
© 1999 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Twenty year trends (1975–1995) in the incidence, in-hospital and long-term death rates associated with heart failure complicating acute myocardial infarction

A community-wide perspective

Frederick A. Spencer, MDa, Theo E. Meyer, MDa, Robert J. Goldberg, PhDa, Jorge Yarzebski, MD, MPHa, Mark Hatton, MDa, Darleen Lessard, MSa and Joel M. Gore, MD, FACCa

a Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA



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Figure 1 (A) Trends in the use of cardiac medications maintained or initiated during hospitalization according to presence of heart failure (HF) complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study. (B) Trends in the use of cardiac medications at the time of hospital discharge according to presence of HF complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study.

 


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Figure 2 Trends in the use of coronary revascularization procedures according to presence of heart failure (HF) complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study.

 


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Figure 3 Trends in hospital case fatality rates (CFR) according to the presence of heart failure (HF) complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study.

 


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Figure 4 Trends in one-year case-fatality rates of discharged hospital patients according to presence of heart failure (HF) complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study.

 





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