Secular trends in cardiovascular disease mortality, incidence, and case fatality rates in adults in the United States
The American Journal of MedicinePublished 1 August 2004Open access
Ahmet Ergin, Paul Muntner, Roger Sherwin, Jiang He
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The decrease in cardiovascular disease mortality between 1971-1982 and 1982-1992 was due to declines in both the incidence and case fatality rates in this national sample, and it is suggested that both primary and secondary prevention and treatment contributed to the decline iniovascular disease mortality in the United States.
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The decrease in cardiovascular disease mortality between 1971-1982 and 1982-1992 was due to declines in both the incidence and case fatality rates in this national sample. These findings suggest that both primary and secondary prevention and treatment contributed to the decline in cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States.
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The present results strongly suggest that the telomerase-specific transfer of the rev-caspase-6 gene under the hTERT promoter is a novel targeting approach for the treatment of malignant gliomas.
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