Improved clinical outcome after acute myocardial infarction in hospitals participating in a swedish quality improvement initiative

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 458-464

  Carlhed, Rickard ^b   Bojestig, Mats ^c   Peterson, Anette ^c   Åberg, Christina ^a   Garmo, Hans ^a   Lindahl, Bertil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Eksjo Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Outcomes assessment; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY REPERFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 77949512145     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.842146     Document Type: Article

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