Quantifying the effect of age on short-term and long-term case fatality in 14000 patients with incident cases of cardiovascular disease

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-184

  Marshall, Roger J ^a   Milne, Richard J ^a   Lynn, Robert ^b   Jackson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; cardiovascular; case fatality; stroke; survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41949107788     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f14a7f     Document Type: Article

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