Aspirin for secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: Prescribed use and outcomes

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-298

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Radford, Martha J ^b   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^c   Hennen, John ^d   Meehan, Thomas P ^d   Petrillo, Marcia ^d   Wang, Yun ^d   Jencks, Stephen F ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

^d Connecticut Peer Review Organization ^*  (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030027846     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-3-199602010-00002     Document Type: Article

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