The influence of age on health status outcomes after acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 855-861

  Ho, P Michael ^a,b   Eng, Marvin H ^b   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,b   Spertus, John A ^c   Peterson, Pamela N ^b,d   Jones, Philip G ^c   Peterson, Eric D ^e   Alexander, Karen P ^e   Havranek, Edward P ^b,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^f   Masoudi, Frederick A ^b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42649124295     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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