Contemporary Trends in Evidence-based Treatment for Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-172

  Fornasini, Marco ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^b   Chiriboga, David ^b   Lessard, Darleen ^b   Spencer, Frederick A ^b,c   Aurigemma, Philip ^b   Gore, Joel M ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Changing trends; Management practices; Population based investigation

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 74549220483     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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