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The steady increase of mortality due to coronary heart disease (CHD) in the 1940s and 1950s was followed by a declining trend in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries since the late 1960s. During the period of increase, a menacing shift of coronary mortality towards younger age groups and a diminishing male/female ratio were also observed. These were slowly corroborated by clinical morbidity data, showing more and more frequently the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in young males and even females.
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Lamm, G. (1981). The Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Age Groups. In: Roskamm, H. (eds) Myocardial Infarction at Young Age. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68294-0_2
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