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The aging Canadian population and hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction: projection to 2020

BACKGROUND: The risk of experiencing an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increases with age and Canada's population is aging. The objective of this analysis was to examine trends in the AMI hospitalization rate in Canada between 2002 and 2009 and to estimate the potential increase in the numbe...

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Autores principales: Rawson, Nigel SB, Chu, Rong, Ismaila, Afisi S, Terres, Jorge Alfonso Ross
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3378463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22471314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-12-25