Regional Outcomes After Admission for High-Risk Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 584-590

  Menon, Venu ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^b   Roe, Matthew T ^c   Cohen, Mauricio G ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Brindis, Ralph G ^e   Chen, Anita Y ^c   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^f   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^d   Gibler, W Brian ^g   Ohman, E Magnus ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Non ST elevation myocardial infarction; Outcomes; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745880091     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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