Differences in treatment and outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to hospitals with compared to without departments of cardiology: Results from the pooled data of the maximal individual therapy in acute myocardial infarction (MITRA 1+2) registries and the myocardial infarction registry (MIR)

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 1794-1801

  Gottwik, M ^a   Zahn, R ^b   Schiele, R ^b   Schneider, S ^b   Gitt, A K ^b   Fraunberger, L ^a   Bossaller, C ^c   Glunz, H G ^d   Altmann, E ^e   Rosahl, W ^f   Senges, J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^c Robert Koch Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^d Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH   (Germany)

^e ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^f DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiology; Primary angioplasty; Quality of health care; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034816380     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2630     Document Type: Article

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