Declining mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the department of veterans affairs health care system

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 44-

  Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary ^c   Lowy, Elliott ^a   Popescu, Ioana ^c   Maynard, Charles ^a   Rosenthal, Gary E ^c   Sales, Anne E ^d   Rumsfeld, John ^e,f   Piñeros, Sandy ^a   McDonell, Mary B ^c   Helfrich, Christian D ^a,b   Rusch, Roxane ^g   Jesse, Robert ^g   Almenoff, Peter ^g   Fleming, Barbara ^g   Kussman, Michael ^g  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 70349871069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-9-44     Document Type: Article

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