Trends in hospitalisation for acute myocardial infarction in Ireland, 1997-2008

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1285-1289

  Jennings, Siobhan M ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^b   Lonergan, Moira ^b   Shelley, Emer ^a  

^a DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84864875466     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301822     Document Type: Article

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