Trends in Management, Hospital and Long-Term Outcomes of Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Gottlieb, Shmuel ^a,b   Behar, Solomon ^b   Hod, Hanoch ^b   Zahger, Doron ^c   Leor, Jonathan ^b   Hasdai, David ^d   Hammerman, Haim ^e   Wagner, Silviu ^b   Sandach, Amir ^b   Schwartz, Roseline ^b   Green, Manfred S ^f   Adunsky, Abraham ^b  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Management; Myocardial infarction; Outcome; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THIENO[2,3 B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33845976719     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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