Number of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors and Mortality in Patients With First Myocardial Infarction

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Authors

John G. Canto · Watson Clinic

Catarina I. Kiefe · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

William J. Rogers · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Eric D. Peterson · Duke University

Frederick A. Spencer · Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom)

William J. French · University of California, Los Angeles

C. Michael Gibson

Abstract

Among patients with incident acute myocardial infarction without prior cardiovascular disease, in-hospital mortality was inversely related to the number of coronary heart disease risk factors.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 306, Issue 19, pp. 2120-7

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1654

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