The importance of consistent, high-quality acute myocardial infarction and heart failure care: Results from the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines program

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-644

  Wang, Tracy Y ^a   Dai, David ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Bhatt, Deepak L ^b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; care processes; heart failure; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960910646     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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