Secular trends in acute coronary syndrome hospitalization from 1994 to 2005

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Ko, Dennis T ^a   Newman, Alice M ^a   Alter, David A ^a   Austin, Peter C ^a   Chiu, Maria ^a   Cox, Jafna L ^b   Goodman, Shaun G ^a,c   Tu, Jack V ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Hospitalization rates; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 77950632848     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70350-0     Document Type: Article

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