Trends in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction at a university-affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-44

  Bansal, Darpan ^a   Gaddam, Venkat ^a   Aude, Y Wady ^a   Bissett, Joe ^a   Fahdi, Ibrahim ^a   Garza, Luis ^a   Joseph, Jacob ^a   Molavi, Behzad ^a   Pai, B V ^a   Sinha, Anjan ^a   Smith III, Eugene S ^a   Mehta, J L ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based therapy; Myocardial infarction; Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ARKANSAS; ASPIRIN; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; REGISTRIES;

EID: 20144388678     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107424840501000105     Document Type: Article

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