Resolving inequalities in care? Reduced mortality in the elderly after acute coronary syndromes. the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project 20032010

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 630-639

  Gale, Chris P ^a,b   Cattle, B A ^a   Woolston, A ^a   Baxter, P D ^a   West, T H ^a   Simms, A D ^a   Blaxill, J ^c   Greenwood, D C ^a   Fox, K A A ^d   West, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Age; In hospital mortality; MINAP; NSTEMI; Quality of care; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; WALES;

EID: 84857967036     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr381     Document Type: Review

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