A prospective national survey of management and clinical outcome of acute myocardial infarction in Israel, 2000

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-254

  Behar, Solomon ^a   Battler, Alexander ^a   Porath, Avi ^d   Leor, Jonathan ^a   Grossman, Ehud ^d   Hasin, Yonathan ^a   Mittelman, Moshe ^d   Feigenberg, Zvi ^b   Rahima Maoz, Carmit ^d   Green, Manfred ^c   Caspi, Avraham ^a   Rabinowitz, Babeth ^a   Garty, Moshe ^d  

^a Israel Heart Society   (Israel)

^b MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; MI in the community; MI registry; National registry; Outcome after AMI

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; SURVEYS;

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037561929     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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