Utilization of coronary angiography and revascularization after acute myocardial infarction in men and women risk stratified by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 974-979

  Kilaru, Prasad K ^a   Kelly, Russell F ^a,b   Calvin, James E ^a,b   Parrillo, Joseph E ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034654119     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00641-5     Document Type: Article

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