Age differences in the adherence to treatment guidelines and outcome in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-124

  Gottlieb, Shmuel ^a,b,c   Behar, Solomon ^a,b   Schwartz, Roseline ^a   Harpaz, David ^b,d   Shotan, Avraham ^e   Zahger, Doron ^f   Hod, Hanoch ^a,b   Tzivoni, Dan ^g   Moriel, Mady ^g  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^g SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Angioplasty; Drugs; Guidelines; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASPIRIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ISRAEL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649718801     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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