Temporal trends in the use of invasive cardiac procedures for non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes according to initial risk stratification

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Jedrzkiewicz, Sean ^a   Goodman, Shaun G ^a   Yan, Raymond T ^a   Welsh, Robert C ^b   Kornder, Jan ^c   DeYoung, J Paul ^d   Wong, Graham C ^e   Rose, Barry ^f   Grondin, François R ^g   Gallo, Richard ^h   Huang, Wei ⁱ   Gore, Joel M ⁱ   Yan, Andrew T ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Department of Diagnostic Imaging   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^g Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Cardiac catheterization; Guidelines; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART REINFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70549083908     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70163-1     Document Type: Article

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