Reduced between-hospital variation in short term survival after acute myocardial infarction: The result of improved cardiac care?

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 726-730

  Murphy, N F ^a   MacIntyre, K ^b   Stewart, S ^a,d   Capewell, S ^c   McMurray, John J V ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 20044371689     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.042929     Document Type: Article

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