Considerable differences exist between prevalent and incident myocardial infarction cohorts derived from the same population

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1351-1357

  Buckley, Brian S ^a   Simpson, Colin R ^b   McLernon, David J ^b   Hannaford, Philip C ^b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Incidence; Myocardial infarction; Prevalence; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 78049260488     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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