Acute coronary syndrome care across Australia and New Zealand: The SNAPSHOT ACS study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-191

  Chew, Derek P ^a   French, John ^b   Briffa, Tom G ^c   Hammett, Christopher J ^d   Ellis, Christopher J ^e   Ranasinghe, Isuru ^f   Aliprandi Costa, Bernadette J ^g   Astley, Carolyn M ^h   Turnbull, Fiona M ^f   Lefkovits, Jeffrey ⁱ   Redfern, Julie ^f   Carr, Bridie ^j   Gamble, Greg D ^k   Lintern, Karen J ^j   Howell, Tegwen E ^l   Parker, Hella ^m   Tavella, Rosanna ^h   Bloomer, Stephen G ⁿ   Hyun, Karice K ^f   Brieger, David B ^g  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^g Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^h SA Health   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j Sage Building   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^l QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^m Victoria Health   (Australia)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLOBAL REGISTRY OF ACUTE CORONARY EVENT RISK SCORE; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881294169     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11854     Document Type: Article

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