Mortality trends in men and women with acute myocardial infarction in coronary care units in Israel. A comparison between 1981-1983 and 1992-1994

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 284-295

  Gottlieb, S ^a,b   Goldbourt, U ^a   Boyko, V ^a   Harpaz, D ^a   Mandelzweig, L ^a   Khoury, Z ^b   Stern, S ^b   Behar, S ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion; Sex; Survival; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0034061557     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1868     Document Type: Article

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