Prevalence, predisposing factors, and prognosis of clinically unrecognized myocardial infarction in the elderly
Stuart E. Sheifer, MD*,
Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, D.Phil, FACC ,
N. David Yanez, III, PhD ,
Philip A. Ades, MD, FACC ,
Gregory L. Burke, MD|| and
Teri A. Manolio, MD¶
* Division of Cardiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Division of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Division of Cardiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
|| Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake-Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
¶ DECACardiovascular Health Study, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Figure 1 Survival curve for total mortality by RMI and UMI.
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Figure 2 Survival curve for cardiovascular disease deaths by RMI and UMI.
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Figure 3 Survival curve for non-CV disease deaths by RMI and UMI.
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