Long-term survival after acute myocardial infarction is lower in more deprived neighborhoods

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3063-3070

  Tonne, Cathryn ^a,d   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Mittleman, Murray ^a,b   Melly, Steve ^a   Suh, Helen ^a   Goldberg, Robert ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Landmark Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Follow up studies; Myocardial infarction; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POVERTY AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 20544451057     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.496174     Document Type: Article

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