Myocardial infarction patients in the 1990s--their risk factors, stratification and survival in Canada: the Canadian Assessment of Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) Study.
This study sought to evaluate the in-hospital and postdischarge mortality of patients with an acute myocardial infarction in the 1990s.
The widespread implementation of therapeutic interventions that modify the natural history of coronary artery disease has led to changes in the profile and survival of patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Although data exist for selected subsets of patients with an acute myocardial infarction, at this time there is little recent prospective information on all patients presenting with an acute myocardial infarction, particularly for survival after hospital discharge.