A Comparison of Management Patterns after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Canada and the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 779-784

  Rouleau, Jean L ^a   Moye, Lemuel A ^l   Pfeffer, Marc A ^m   Arnold, J Malcolm O ^b   Bernstein, Victoria ^c   Cuddy, Thomas E ^d   Dagenais, Gilles R ^e   Geltman, Edward M ⁿ   Goldman, Steven ^o   Gordon, David ^p   Hamm, Peggy ^l   Klein, Marc ^f   Lamas, Gervasio A ^m   McCans, John ^g   McEwan, Patricia ^h   Menapace, Francis J ^q   Parker, John O ⁱ   Sestier, Francois ^j   Sussex, Bruce ^k   Braunwald, Eugene ^m  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^m BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^p Cardiology Associates ^*  (United States)

^q GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; CAPTOPRIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027467343     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199303183281108     Document Type: Article

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