The association between processes, structures and outcomes of secondary prevention care among VA ischemic heart disease patients

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ho, P Michael ^a,b   Prochazka, Allan V ^a,b   Magid, David J ^a,c,d   Sales, Anne E ^e   Grunwald, Gary K ^a   Hammermeister, Karl E ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VETERAN; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 33645220941     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-6     Document Type: Article

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