Six-month outcome in patients with myocardial infarction initially admitted to tertiary and nontertiary hospitals

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1187-1192

  Marrugat, Jaume ^a   Sanz, Ginés ^b   Masiá, Rafel ^c   Valle, Vicente ^d   Molina, Lluis ^e   Cardona, Maria ^b   Sala, Joan ^c   Serés, Lluis ^d   Szescielinski, Lluis ^e   Albert, Xavier ^c   Lupón, Josep ^d   Alonso, Jordi ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030777559     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00312-4     Document Type: Article

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