Comparing invasive and noninvasive management strategies for acute myocardial infarction using administrative databases

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Pilote, Louise ^a   Beck, Christine A ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^b   Humphries, Karin ^c   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Penrod, John R ^a   Tu, Jack V ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849094109     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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