Relation of Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Myocardial Infarction to Postdischarge Mortality

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-434

  Berger, Alan K ^a,b   Duval, Sue ^b   Jacobs Jr , David R ^b,d   Barber, Cheryl ^b   Vazquez, Gabriela ^b   Lee, Seungmin ^c   Luepker, Russell V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38849187856     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.09.090     Document Type: Article

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