Improving in-hospital mortality in elderly patients after acute coronary syndrome-A nationwide analysis of 97,220 patients in Taiwan during 2004-2008

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Hsieh, Tung Han ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b   Tsai, Liang Miin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; National Health Insurance Research Database; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHINESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84859889745     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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