Multidecade-long trends (1986-2005) in the utilization of coronary reperfusion and revascularization treatment strategies in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: A community-wide perspective

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Wasser, Jared ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^b   Spencer, Frederick A ^c   Yarzebski, Jorge ^b   Gore, Joel M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular epidemiology; Coronary reperfusion approaches

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY REPERFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149263273     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32831bb4aa     Document Type: Review

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