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Seasonal variation in case fatality rate in Korean patients with acute myocardial infarction using the 1997-2006 Korean National Health Insurance Claims Database

Jae‐Seok Hong, Hee-Chung Kang

Acta cardiologica. Supplementum · 2014 · 20 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Our findings support the hypothesis that AMI may be triggered by events external to atherosclerotic plaques. This seasonal evidence supports the idea that a disease forecast system may be developed using temperature information in Korea.

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