Temporal trends in revascularization and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction among the very elderly

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1415-1420

  Pagé, Maude ^a   Doucet, Michel ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^b   Behlouli, Hassan ^c   Pilote, Louise ^c  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956917902     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.092053     Document Type: Article

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