Acute myocardial infarction population incidence and in-hospital management factors associated to 28-day case-fatality in the 65 year and older

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-237

  Marrugat, Jaume ^a,b   Sala, Joan ^c   Manresa, Josep Masia ^a   Gill, Miguel ^a   Elosua, Roberto ^a   Pérez, Gloria ^a   Albert, Xavier ^c   Pena, Araceli ^a   Masiá, Rafael ^c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Coronary disease; Elderly; Incidence; Mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 1842713215     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000020446.57845.b0     Document Type: Article

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