Reduction of coronary events with aspirin in older patients with prior myocardial infarction treated with and without statins

Heart Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-161

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036089328     PISSN: 1521737X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132580-200205000-00005     Document Type: Article

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