Optimal strategies for identifying patients with myocardial infarction in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-710

  Donnan, Peter T ^a   Dougall, Hamish T ^a   Sullivan, Frank M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Read coding; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346336757     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg614     Document Type: Article

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