Thirty-year trends (1975-2005) in the magnitude and hospital death rates associated with complete heart block in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A population-based perspective

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Nguyen, Hoa L ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^b   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Zevallos, Juan C ^c   Gore, Joel M ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 47649122978     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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