The evolving clinical status of patients after a myocardial infarction: The importance of post-hospital data for mortality prediction

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1233-1238

  Elmore, Joann G ^a   Viscoli, Catherine M ^b   Horwitz, Ralph I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Coronary heart disease; Mortality risk; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030297576     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00221-1     Document Type: Article

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