Underuse of aspirin in a referral population with documented coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 653-661

  Califf, Robert M ^a   DeLong, Elizabeth R ^a   Ostbye, Truls ^a   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^a   Chen, Anita ^a   LaPointe, Nancy Allen ^a   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   McCants Jr , Charles B ^a   Kramer, Judith M ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH CAROLINA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037085951     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02335-9     Document Type: Article

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