Influence of distance from home to invasive centre on invasive treatment after acute coronary syndrome: A nationwide study of 24 910 patients

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Hvelplund, Anders ^a,b,c   Galatius, Søren ^b   Madsen, Mette ^d   Rasmussen, Jeppe Nørgaard ^d   Sørensen, Rikke ^b   Fosbøl, Emil Loldrup ^b   Madsen, Jan Kyst ^b,c   Rasmussen, Søren ^a   Jørgensen, Erik ^e   Thuesen, Leif ^f   Møller, Christian Holflod ^e   Abildstrøm, Steen Zabell ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Heart Registry ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651233253     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.203901     Document Type: Article

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