Comparison of medical care and one- and 12-month mortality of hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America and Goteborg, Sweden

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 557-562

  McGovern, Paul G ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^b   Pankow, James S ^b   Karlsson, Thomas ^b   Dellborg, Mikael ^b   Shahar, Eyal ^b   Luepker, Russell V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0030883516     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00421-9     Document Type: Article

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