Regional variation in the treatment and outcomes of myocardial infarction: Investigating New England's advantage

American Heart Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c   Chen, Jersey ^a,e   Rathore, Saif S ^a   Wang, Yun ^b,c   Radford, Martha J ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d Center for Children's Environmental Toxicology   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042991390     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00237-0     Document Type: Article

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