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Studies from University of Western Australia in the area of heart attack published

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 31st, 2008

According to recent research from Perth, Australia, "Population ageing will increase the burden of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI) and fractured neck of femur (FNF). These age-dependent conditions are associated with increased mortality, although the pattern and extent of this increased mortality is poorly understood."

"The aim of this study was to compare mortality from stroke, MI and FNF. Retrospective inception cohort study of 2818 subjects more than the age of 60 years in Western Australia recorded in a linked database as having sustained a stroke, MI or FNF in the year 1990. Early adjusted mortality rates associated with FNF were relatively low compared with...

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