The cost of acute myocardial infarction in the new millennium: Evidence from a multinational registry

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 206-212

  Kauf, Teresa L ^a,h   Velazquez, Eric J ^a   Crosslin, David R ^a   Weaver, W Douglas ^b   Diaz, Rafael ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^a   McMurray, John J V ^d   Rouleau, Jean Lucien ^e   Aylward, Philip E ^f   White, Harvey D ^g   Califf, Robert M ^a   Schulman, Kevin A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Estudios Cardiologicos Latinoamerica   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^g AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^h DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 29144442361     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.02.028     Document Type: Article

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