Trends in Acute Myocardial Infarction Incidence and Mortality Over 30 Years in Japan: Report From the MIYAGI-AMI Registry Study

Abstract

The MIYAGI-AMI Registry Study demonstrates the steady trend of an increasing incidence, but decreasing mortality, for AMI in Japan over the past 30 years, although the female population still remains at higher risk for in-hospital death, despite improvements in the use of ambulances and primary PCI. (Circ J 2010; 74: 93 - 100).