Inpatient and follow-up cardiology care and mortality for acute coronary syndrome patients in the Veterans Health Administration

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-494

  Ho, P Michael ^a,b   Luther, Stacie A ^b   Masoudi, Frederick A ^b,c   Gupta, Indra ^d   Lowy, Elliott ^d,e   Maynard, Charles ^d,e   Sales, Anne E ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^g   Fihn, Stephan D ^d,e   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34547931850     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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