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To the Editor: Pilote et al. (Aug. 31 issue)¹ give insight into differences in the use of angiography and revascularization after acute myocardial infarction according to geographic region. Although the availability of angiography appears to be an important determinant of its use in a given patient, regional variation in management style may be influenced by other factors.

We evaluated the same regions that Pilote and coworkers studied in terms of the overall mortality from cardiovascular causes per 100,000 population per year, using U.S. Census Bureau statistics, and found a significant relation between this mortality and the use of angiography (r . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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