Care of non-ST-segment elevation patients: Insights from the crusade national quality improvement initiative

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Ohman, E Magnus ^a,f   Roe, Matthew T ^b   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^a   Brindis, Ralph G ^c   Christenson, Robert H ^d   Harrington, Robert A ^b   Gibler, W Brian ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIET; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; MALE; STANDARD;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; TROPONIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7044263399     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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