Acute myocardial infarction in Canada: New epidemiologic insights on incidence, therapy, and risk

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Montague, Terrence ^a   Montague, Patricia ^a   Barnes, Marion ^a   Taylor, Laurel ^a   Wowk, Lana ^a   Fassbender, Konrad ^a   Ackman, Margaret ^a   Martin, Sylvia ^a   Teo, Koon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Bias; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Therapeutic effectiveness; Therapeutic efficacy; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0030010034     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00132402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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