Cardiac procedures after an acute myocardial infarction across nine Canadian provinces

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-500

  Pilote, Louise ^a   Merrett, Patrick ^a   Karp, Igor ^a   Alter, David ^b   Austin, Peter C ^b,f   Cox, Jafna ^c   Johansen, Helen ^d   Ghali, William ^e   Tu, Jack V ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Canada, revascularization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; TIME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2642581882     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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