Myocardial infarction on snow days: Incidence, procedure use and outcomes

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-61

  Southern, Danielle A ^a   Knudtson, Merril L ^b   Ghali, William A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Snowfall; Weather

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER;

EID: 33644554153     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70240-9     Document Type: Article

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