Short-term and long-term outcomes in 133 429 emergency patients admitted with angina or myocardial infarction in Scotland, 1990-2000: Population-based cohort study

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1563-1570

  Capewell, Simon ^a   Murphy, N F ^b   MacIntyre, K ^c   Frame, S ^d   Stewart, S ^b   Chalmers, J W T ^d   Boyd, J ^d   Finlayson, A ^d   Redpath, A ^d   McMurray, J J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Information and Statistics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750332481     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.085399     Document Type: Article

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