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Epidemiological ConsiderationsIn the United States, more than 1 million cases of myocardial infarction occur each year and approximately 7 patients out of 10 survive the acute event. Mortality rates are higher in the first year after infarction and henceforth the risk of death is about 5% per year for men and 7% per year for women. After the first infarction,
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