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Article: MI rates falling.(myocardial infarction)
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- Bandolier
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- July 1, 2006
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We expend considerable effort in trying to reduce heart attacks. Interventions include exhortation to better lifestyle (smoking cessation, exercise, weight control, and healthy diet) and drugs (including cholesterol reduction and blood pressure control). Feedback is important, particularly knowing that the totality of our efforts is having some beneficial result. An examination of hospital admission rates for myocardial infarction from the whole of Holland [1] is encouraging.
Study
Patients admitted to hospital for first myocardial infarction in 1995 and in 2000 were identified through a national hospital discharge register, and this was linked to a national ...