Thirty-Year Trends (1975-2005) in the Magnitude, Patient Characteristics, and Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Ventricular Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1595-1601

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^b   Zevallos, Juan C ^c   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Gore, Joel M ^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; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 57649095053     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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