Charges in the use of medications after acute mycardial infarction: Possible impact on mortality after myocardial infarction and long-term outcome

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-67

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Dellborg, Mikael ^a   Karlson, Bjrn W ^a   Lindqvist, Jonny ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Sandén, Wanja ^a   Sjölin, Margareta ^a   Wedel, Hans ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Medication; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Risk indicators

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034746365     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200102000-00009     Document Type: Article

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