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Circulation, Vol 90, 583-612, Copyright © 1994 by American Heart Association


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Myocardial infarction and coronary deaths in the World Health Organization MONICA Project. Registration procedures, event rates, and case-fatality rates in 38 populations from 21 countries in four continents

H Tunstall-Pedoe, K Kuulasmaa, P Amouyel, D Arveiler, AM Rajakangas and A Pajak
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Scotland, UK.

BACKGROUND: The WHO MONICA Project is a 10-year study that monitors deaths due to coronary heart disease (CHD), acute myocardial infarction, coronary care, and risk factors in men and women aged 35 to 64 years in defined communities. This analysis of methods and results of coronary event registration in 1985 through 1987 provides data on the relation between CHD morbidity and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS: Fatal and nonfatal coronary events were monitored through population- based registers. Hospital cases were found by pursuing admissions ("hot pursuit") or by retrospective analysis of discharges ("cold pursuit"). Availability of diagnostic data on identified nonfatal myocardial infarction was good. Information on fatal events (deaths occurring within 28 days) was limited and constrained in some populations by problems with access to sources such as death certificates. Age- standardized annual event rates for the main diagnostic group in men aged 35 to 64 covered a 12-fold range from 915 per 100,000 for North Karelia, Finland, to 76 per 100,000 for Beijing, China. For women, rates covered an 8.5-fold range from 256 per 100,000 for Glasgow, UK, to 30 per 100,000 for Catalonia, Spain. Twenty-eight-day case-fatality rates ranged from 37% to 81% for men (average, 48% to 49%), and from 31% to 91% for women (average, 54%). There was no significant correlation across populations for men between coronary event and case- fatality rates (r = -.04), the percentages of coronary deaths known to have occurred within 1 hour of onset (r = .08), or the percentages of known first events (r = -.23). Event and case-fatality rates for women correlated strongly with those for men in the same populations (r = .85, r = .80). Case-fatality rates for women were not consistently higher than those for men. For women, there was a significant inverse correlation between event and case-fatality rates (r = -.33, P < .05), suggesting that nonfatal events were being missed where event rates were low. Rankings based on MONICA categories of fatal events placed some middle- and low-mortality populations, such as the French, systematically higher than they would be based on official CHD mortality rates. However, rates for nonfatal myocardial infarction correlated quite well with the official mortality rates for CHD for the same populations. For men (age 35 to 64 years), approximately 1.5 (at low event rates) to 1 (at high event rates) episode of hospitalized, nonfatal, definite myocardial infarction was registered for every death due to CHD. The problem in categorizing deaths due to CHD was the large proportion of deaths with no relevant clinical or autopsy information. Unclassifiable deaths averaged 22% across the 38 populations but represented half of all registered deaths in 2 populations and a third or more of all deaths in 15 populations. CONCLUSIONS: The WHO MONICA Project, although designed to study longitudinal trends within populations, provides the opportunity for relating rates of validated CHD deaths to nonfatal myocardial infarction across populations. There are major differences between populations in nonfatal as well as fatal coronary event rates. They refute suggestions that high CHD mortality rates are associated with high case-fatality rates or a relative excess of sudden deaths. The high proportion of CHD deaths for which no diagnostic information is available is a cause for concern.


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J. Dumont, M. Zureik, C. Bauters, M.-C. Grupposo, D. Cottel, M. Montaye, M. Hamon, P. Ducimetiere, P. Amouyel, and T. Brousseau
Association of OAZ1 Gene Polymorphisms With Subclinical and Clinical Vascular Events
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, October 1, 2007; 27(10): 2120 - 2126.
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JAMAHome page
A. M. Bennet, E. Di Angelantonio, Z. Ye, F. Wensley, A. Dahlin, A. Ahlbom, B. Keavney, R. Collins, B. Wiman, U. de Faire, et al.
Association of Apolipoprotein E Genotypes With Lipid Levels and Coronary Risk
JAMA, September 19, 2007; 298(11): 1300 - 1311.
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Eur J Heart FailHome page
F. Najafi, A. J. Dobson, M. Hobbs, and K. Jamrozik
Temporal trends in the frequency and longer-term outcome of heart failure complicating myocardial infarction
Eur J Heart Fail, September 1, 2007; 9(9): 879 - 885.
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J. Nutr.Home page
D. Drogan, K. Hoffmann, M. Schulz, M. M. Bergmann, H. Boeing, and C. Weikert
A Food Pattern Predicting Prospective Weight Change Is Associated with Risk of Fatal but Not with Nonfatal Cardiovascular Disease
J. Nutr., August 1, 2007; 137(8): 1961 - 1967.
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J. Med. Genet.Home page
J. Dumont, M. Zureik, D. Cottel, M. Montaye, P. Ducimetiere, P. Amouyel, and T. Brousseau
Association of arginase 1 gene polymorphisms with the risk of myocardial infarction and common carotid intima media thickness
J. Med. Genet., August 1, 2007; 44(8): 526 - 531.
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J Am Coll CardiolHome page
L. O. Jensen, M. Maeng, A. Kaltoft, P. Thayssen, H. H. T. Hansen, M. Bottcher, J. F. Lassen, L. R. Krussel, K. Rasmussen, K. N. Hansen, et al.
Stent Thrombosis, Myocardial Infarction, and Death After Drug-Eluting and Bare-Metal Stent Coronary Interventions
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., July 31, 2007; 50(5): 463 - 470.
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J. Epidemiol. Community HealthHome page
R. De Vogli, J. E Ferrie, T. Chandola, M. Kivimaki, and M. G Marmot
Unfairness and health: evidence from the Whitehall II Study
J Epidemiol Community Health, June 1, 2007; 61(6): 513 - 518.
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Eur Heart J SupplHome page
Authors/Task Force Members, L. Ryden, E. Standl, M. Bartnik, G. V. d. Berghe, J. Betteridge, M.-J. de Boer, F. Cosentino, B. Jonsson, M. Laakso, et al.
Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: full text: The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
Eur. Heart J. Suppl., June 1, 2007; 9(suppl_C): C3 - C74.
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J Am Coll CardiolHome page
C. Dickens, L. McGowan, C. Percival, B. Tomenson, L. Cotter, A. Heagerty, and F. Creed
Depression Is a Risk Factor for Mortality After Myocardial Infarction: Fact or Artifact?
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., May 8, 2007; 49(18): 1834 - 1840.
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NEJMHome page
The DAD Study Group
Class of Antiretroviral Drugs and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
N. Engl. J. Med., April 26, 2007; 356(17): 1723 - 1735.
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M J. S Zaman, J. Sanders, A. M Crook, G. Feder, M. Shipley, A. Timmis, and H. Hemingway
Cardiothoracic ratio within the "normal" range independently predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography
Heart, April 1, 2007; 93(4): 491 - 494.
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CirculationHome page
E. K. Kabagambe, A. Baylin, and H. Campos
Nonfatal Acute Myocardial Infarction in Costa Rica: Modifiable Risk Factors, Population-Attributable Risks, and Adherence to Dietary Guidelines
Circulation, March 6, 2007; 115(9): 1075 - 1081.
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Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
J. Bergsland, E. Kabil, E. Mujanovic, I. Terzic, J. Roislien, J. L. Svennevig, and E. Fosse
Training of Cardiac Surgeons for Bosnia and Herzegovina: Outcomes in Coronary Bypass Grafting Surgery
Ann. Thorac. Surg., February 1, 2007; 83(2): 462 - 467.
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J. Nutr.Home page
U. Colon-Ramos, A. Baylin, and H. Campos
The Relation between Trans Fatty Acid Levels and Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction Does Not Hold at Lower Levels of Trans Fatty Acids in the Costa Rican Food Supply
J. Nutr., November 1, 2006; 136(11): 2887 - 2892.
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U. Stenestrand, J. Lindback, L. Wallentin, and for the RIKS-HIA Registry
Long-term outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention vs prehospital and in-hospital thrombolysis for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
JAMA, October 11, 2006; 296(14): 1749 - 1756.
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Eur Heart J SupplHome page
G. Assmann
Dyslipidaemia and global cardiovascular risk: clinical issues
Eur. Heart J. Suppl., October 1, 2006; 8(suppl_F): F40 - F46.
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CirculationHome page
V. L. Roger, J. M. Killian, S. A. Weston, A. S. Jaffe, J. Kors, P. J. Santrach, H. Tunstall-Pedoe, and S. J. Jacobsen
Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction: Prospective Evaluation in the Community
Circulation, August 22, 2006; 114(8): 790 - 797.
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N. Sattar, G. Wannamethee, N. Sarwar, J. Tchernova, L. Cherry, A. M. Wallace, J. Danesh, and P. H. Whincup
Adiponectin and Coronary Heart Disease: A Prospective Study and Meta-Analysis
Circulation, August 15, 2006; 114(7): 623 - 629.
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Eur J Public HealthHome page
M.-A. Munoz, I. Rohlfs, S. Masuet, C. Rebato, M. Cabanero, J. Marrugat, and for the ICAR Study Group
Analysis of inequalities in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in a universal coverage health care system
Eur J Public Health, August 1, 2006; 16(4): 361 - 367.
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Int J EpidemiolHome page
J. P Casas, T. Shah, J. Cooper, E. Hawe, A. D McMahon, D. Gaffney, C. J Packard, D. S O'Reilly, I. Juhan-Vague, J. S Yudkin, et al.
Insight into the nature of the CRP-coronary event association using Mendelian randomization
Int. J. Epidemiol., August 1, 2006; 35(4): 922 - 931.
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Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab.Home page
L. Sunday, M. M. Tran, D. N. Krause, and S. P. Duckles
Estrogen and progestagens differentially modulate vascular proinflammatory factors
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, August 1, 2006; 291(2): E261 - E267.
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Int J EpidemiolHome page
Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration
The impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the age-related excess risk of coronary heart disease
Int. J. Epidemiol., August 1, 2006; 35(4): 1025 - 1033.
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Eur Heart JHome page
T. Simon, M. Mary-Krause, J.-P. Cambou, G. Hanania, P. Gueret, J.-M. Lablanche, D. Blanchard, N. Genes, N. Danchin, and on behalf of the USIC Investigators
Impact of age and gender on in-hospital and late mortality after acute myocardial infarction: increased early risk in younger women: Results from the French nation-wide USIC registries
Eur. Heart J., June 1, 2006; 27(11): 1282 - 1288.
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E. Bjorklund, U. Stenestrand, J. Lindback, L. Svensson, L. Wallentin, B. Lindahl, and on behalf of the RIKS-HIA Investigators
Pre-hospital thrombolysis delivered by paramedics is associated with reduced time delay and mortality in ambulance-transported real-life patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Eur. Heart J., May 2, 2006; 27(10): 1146 - 1152.
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J. Epidemiol. Community HealthHome page
J. Lynch, G. Davey Smith, S. Harper, and K. Bainbridge
Explaining the social gradient in coronary heart disease: comparing relative and absolute risk approaches
J Epidemiol Community Health, May 1, 2006; 60(5): 436 - 441.
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