[Recent time trends of myocardial infarction rates in northern Italy. Results from the MONICA and CAMUNI registries in Brianza: 1993-1994 versus 1997-1998].

Abstract

In the Brianza MONICA population in the second half of the 1990s, coronary event death rates continued to decrease. In contrast with trends observed in previous years, the prominent quote of the reduction is attributable to case-fatality rates in the acute phase.