The Effect of Changing Diagnostic Algorithms on Acute Myocardial Infarction Rates

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 824-829

  Luepker, Russell V ^a,b   Duval, Sue ^a   Jacobs, David R ^a   Smith, Lindsay G ^a   Berger, Alan K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Myocardial Infarction; Acute Myocardial Infarction Algorithms; Acute Myocardial Infarction Rates; Creatine Kinase; Registries; Troponins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN;

EID: 80053533292     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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