| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Estimation of contribution of changes in coronary care to improving survival, event rates, and coronary heart disease mortality across the WHO MONICA Project populations | | Author(s) | Hugh Tunstall-Peddoe, Diego Vanuzzo, Michael Hobbs |
| Journal title | The Lancet, vol 355, no 9205, February 26 2000 |
| Pages | pp 688-700 |
| Keywords | Heart disease ; Therapeutics ; Drugs ; Death rate [statistics] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Comparison ; International. |
| Annotation | The revolution in coronary care in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s corresponded with monitoring of coronary heart disease (CHD) in 31 populations of the World Health Organization (WHO) MONICA Project (Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease). The authors studied the impact of this revolution on coronary endpoints. Case fatality, coronary event rates, and CHD mortality were monitored in men and women aged 35-64 in two separate 3-4 year periods. Percentage use of eight treatments before onset or during the attack were recorded. Changes in coronary care and secondary prevention were strongly linked with declining coronary endpoints. Scores and benefits followed a geographical east-to-west gradient. The apparent effects of the treatment might be exaggerated by other changes to economically successful populations, so their specificity needs further assessment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000508206 A |
| Classmark | CQH: LL: LLD: S5: 3J: 48: 72 * |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|