The implementation of guidelines and prognosis among patients with acute coronary syndromes is influenced by physicians' perception of antecedent physical and cognitive status

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 422-428

  Porter, Avital ^a,b   Iakobishvili, Zaza ^a,b   Dictiar, Rita ^c   Behar, Solomon ^b   Hod, Hanoch ^b   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^b   Hammerman, Haim ^d   Zahger, Doron ^e   Hasdai, David ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Israel Center for Disease Control   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Physical cognitive status

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249082481     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099653     Document Type: Article

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