Trends in event rate and case fatality of patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction between 1984 and 2001

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-127

  Cox, Jafna L ^a   Bata, Iqbal R ^a   Gregor, Ronald D ^a   Johnstone, David E ^a   Wolf, Hermann K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality trends; Myocardial infarction epidemiology; Myocardial infarction mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NOVA SCOTIA; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33745748452     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y05-141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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