Published in Health and Medicine Week, October 23rd, 2006
According to a review in the International Journal of Cardiology, "Developing countries contribute a major share to the global burden of cardiovascular disease. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in particular remains one of the leading causes of death in the developing world as well as in the developed world."
"While the risk factors, management and outcome of AMI have been extensively studied in the developed world, limited data is available on this subject from developing countries," wrote M.H. Abdallah and colleagues at American University of...
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