An intervention to improve secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 586-590

  Bailey, Thomas C ^a,c   Noirot, Laura A ^a   Blickensderfer, Amy ^b,d   Rachmiel, Erin ^b,e   Schaiff, Robyn ^b,f   Kessels, Anthony ^b   Braverman, Alan ^a   Goldberg, Anne ^a   Waterman, Brian ^c   Dunagan, W Claiborne ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASPIRIN; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACISTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 34047132757     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.6.586     Document Type: Article

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