Regional patterns of use of a medical management strategy for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights from the early ACS trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Roe, Matthew T ^a   White, Jennifer A ^a   Kaul, Padma ^b   Tricoci, Pierluigi ^a   Lokhnygina, Yuliya ^a   Miller, Chadwick D ^c   Van't Hof, Arnoud W ^d   Montalescot, Gilles ^a   James, Stefan K ^f   Saucedo, Jorge ^g   Ohman, E Magnus ^a   Pollack, Charles V ^h   Hochman, Judith S ⁱ   Armstrong, Paul W ^b   Giugliano, Robert P ^j   Harrington, Robert A ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^k   Califf, Robert M ^a,e   Newby, L Kristin ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Medical management; Mortality; Non ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84860851143     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.962332     Document Type: Article

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