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Project

Registries of Acute Coronary Attacks in the city of Ghent and in the region of Bruges

This project continues the WHO-MONICA (MONItoring of Trends and Determinants of CArdiovascular Diseases) project, in which we participated in 1982-1992.

In the 25-74 years old population, the attack rate of acute coronary events is registered.

Aims: follow incidence, morbidity and lethality due to acute coronary events over time; contribute to quality of mortality statistics; monitor treatment effectiveness in health care.

Date:1 Jan 2010 →  31 Dec 2013
Keywords:acute myocardial infarction, cardiovascular diseases, registries, epidemiology
Disciplines:Laboratory medicine, Diagnostics, Cardiac and vascular medicine, Public health services, Public health sciences, Public health care, Medicinal products