Registry of Acute Myocardial Infarction
"Herzinfarktregister" (1985 – ongoing)
Study objectives:
To monitor age- and gender-specific trends in morbidity, mortality, and case fatality of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a defined population.
Specific aims:
To elucidate the prehospital and early in-hospital phase of AMI. To observe population based long-term-survival after non-fatal AMI in relation to changes in acute medical care (prospective cohort analyses).
Study design:
Population registry linked to hospitals (hospitalized AMI patients) and health departments (death certificates) of the study region.
Study population:
Inhabitants of the city of Augsburg and surrounding rural districts Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg, age 25-74 (n = 400,000).
Study team location:
Central Hospital of Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, 86156 Augsburg, Tel. 0821/ 400-43 73, Fax -2838, kora-register/at/helmholtz-muenchen.de.
Study methods:
Registration of all hospitalized cases of AMI and all sudden coronary death of 25 to 74 year old inhabitants of the study area (about 1000/yr).
Study period:
Ongoing since 1985 (n>20.000).
Current status:
The morbidity, mortality, and 28-day case fatality rates for AMI are included in the official Statistics Report of the Federal Republic of Germany (see "Daten zu Herzinfarkten in der Region Augsburg (Mortalität, Morbidität, Letalität, Vorerkrankungen, medizinische Versorgung)" at www.gbe-bund.de).
Investigators:
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology: Christa Meisinger (PI); Annette Peters
Collaborators:
Health departments, all hospitals, and general practitioners of the study area.
Funding:
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) - Register Financing.
Contact:
Klinikum Augsburg
KORA-Herzinfarktregister
PD Dr. Christa Meisinger
Stenglinstr. 2
D-86156 Augsburg
Tel. +49-(0)821-400-4373
Fax +49-(0)821-400-2838
christa.meisinger/at/helmholtz-muenchen.de
Internet Herzschlag-Info: www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/herzschlag-info/