Cause of death in Washington state veterans hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in the veterans health administration

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Lowy, Elliott ^a,b   McDonell, Mary ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; POLYNEUROPATHY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; VETERAN;

EID: 48849091422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-6-3     Document Type: Article

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