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Age-Specific Trends in Morbidity, Mortality and Case-Fatality from Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Advanced Age: Evaluation in the Swedish Population

BACKGROUND: It is not clear if the downward trend in cardiovascular disease (CVD) observed for ages up to 85 years can be extended to the oldest old, those 85 years and above. METHODS AND FINDINGS: This nationwide cohort study presents age specific trends of CVD as well as for myocardial infarction...

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Autores principales: Modig, Karin, Andersson, Tomas, Drefahl, Sven, Ahlbom, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064928