Acute coronary syndrome national statistics: Challenges in definitions

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1055-1061

  Bertoni, Alain G ^a,c   Bonds, Denise E ^a   Thom, Thomas ^b   Chen, G John ^a   Goff Jr , David C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SYNDROME;

EID: 20544461077     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.10.040     Document Type: Article

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