Myocardial infarction patients in the 1990s - Their risk factors, stratification and survival in Canada: The Canadian Assessment of Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1119-1127

  Rouleau, Jean Lucien ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Sussex, Bruce ^b   Potvin, Louise ^c   Warnica, Wayne ^d   Davies, Richard F ^e   Gardner, Martin ^f   Stewart, Duncan ^g   Plante, Sylvain ^h   Dupuis, Robert ⁱ   Lauzon, Claude ⁱ   Ferguson, John ^j   Mikes, Etel ^a   Balnozan, Vidoslav ^a   Savard, Pierre ^k  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (Canada)

^j Memphis Vascular Research Foundation   (United States)

^k HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029872363     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00599-4     Document Type: Article

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