Incidence, in-hospital case-fatality rates, and management practices in Puerto Ricans hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 138-145

  Zevallos, Juan C ^a,b   Yarzebski, Jorge ^c   González, Juan A ^a   Banchs, Héctor L ^a   García Palmieri, Mario ^a   Mattei, Hernando ^a   Ayala, José ^a   González, Marijesmar ^a   Torres, Vanessa ^a   Ramos, Iris N ^a   Pericchi, Luis R ^d   Torres, David A ^d   González, María C ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Community based surveillance; Incidence

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84882606741     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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