Improving the care for myocardial infarction editor's perspective

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 439-440

  Spertus, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Editorials; Outcome; Outcome and process assessment; Outcomes research; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTICOAGULANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650189727     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.958553     Document Type: Editorial

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