Influence of regional cardiovascular mortality on the use of angiography after acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 575-580

  McCullough, Peter A ^a   O'Neill, William W ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ENGLAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTLIERS, DRG; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STREPTOKINASE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030899868     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00818-1     Document Type: Article

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