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A study looking at the effects of cardiovascular medicines in elderly patients who had previous heart attacks, found a total death rate reduction of 24% between 1995 and 2004.

Setoguchi, Soko, Robert J. Glynn, Jerry Avorn, Murray A. Mittleman, Raisa Levin, and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer. Improvements in Long-Term Mortality After Myocardial Infarction and Increased Use of Cardiovascular Drugs After Discharge: A 10-year trend analysis. JACC. 2008; 51(13): 1247-54. http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/13/1247?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Setoguchi&fulltext=Improvements+in+long-term+mortality&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HW

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Title
Improvements in Long-Term Mortality After Myocardial Infarction and Increased Use of Cardiovascular Drugs After Discharge: A 10-year trend analysis
Publication
JACC
Publication Date
2008
Authors
Setoguchi, Soko, Robert J. Glynn, Jerry Avorn, Murray A. Mittleman, Raisa Levin, and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
Volume & Issue
Volume 51, Issue 13
Pages
1247-54
URL
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