Fender M, Arveiler D, Facello A, Marine-Barjoan E, Uettwiller E, Jacques D, Veron C, Meyer V, Haas B, Hedelin G
Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg.
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1994 Sep;43(7):373-9.
The Bas-Rhin MONICA Register shows trends in myocardial infarction and other acute ischemic events between 1984 and 1989. Coronary heart disease mortality decreased by 27% in men and 30% in women. Morbidity trends were less favourable. The annual event rate for total acute ischemic events remained stable. However, a decrease of 14% for myocardial infarction was seen in men, particularly in patients with a past history of coronary disease. Another positive point is that the 28-day mortality rate in recent infarctions decreased in men by 33% during the 5 year period.
