The Trend in Incidence and Case-fatality of Hospitalized Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in Korea, 2007 to 2016.
Rock Beum KimHye Sim KimDae Ryong KangJi Yoo ChoiNack-Cheon ChoiSeok Jae HwangJin Yong HwangPublished in: Journal of Korean medical science (2019)
Although case-fatality continuously decreased from 2007 to 2016, hospitalized AMI incidence decreased from 2007 to 2011 and gradually increased from 2011 to 2016, with marked disparity between regions. Effective preventive strategies to decrease AMI incidence are required to decrease cardiovascular disease mortality in Korea.