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Acute myocardial infarction

Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction in South Trinidad

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimjopen.2013.215
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1-6
Synopsis: 
The incidence rate (IR) of acute myocardial infarction was 90.6 per 100 000 population (1:1.9) Afro-Trinidadian to Indo-Trinidadian. The IR was highest among male indo-Trinidadians, St elevation myocardial infarction cases were greater than three times as prevalent among Indo-Trinidadians as Afro-Trinidadians.

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the incidence rate (IR) and selected demographic and other epidemiologic characteristics of first-time acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients admitted to the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) in South Trinidad, a predominantly Indo-Trinidadian (280 428) and Afro-Trinidadian (127 837) population.

Revised: 
May 16, 2016
Accepted: 
May 26, 2016
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