Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 893-901

  Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c   Austin, Peter C ^a,c   Filate, Woganee A ^a,c   Johansen, Helen L ^d   Brien, Susan E ^a   Pilote, Louise ^e   Alter, David A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction outcomes; Canada; In hospital mortality; Readmission rates

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043235695     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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