Variation and Temporal Trends in the Use of Diagnostic Testing During Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction by Age, Gender, Race, and Geography (the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1219-1225

  Pearte, Camille A ^a,b   Myerson, Merle ^a   Coresh, Joseph ^b   McNamara, Robert L ^c   Rosamond, Wayne ^d   Taylor, Herman ^e   Manolio, Teri A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049128120     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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