International variation in invasive care of the elderly with acute coronary syndromes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1558-1564

  Alexander, Karen P ^a   Newby, Laura Kristin ^b   Bhapkar, Manju V ^b   White, Harvey D ^c   Hochman, Judith S ^d   Pfisterer, Matthias E ^e   Moliterno, David J ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^g   Armstrong, Paul W ^h   Califf, Robert M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Cardiac catheterization; Elderly; International comparisons

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745461617     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl067     Document Type: Article

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