Prognosis and treatment in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction on weekends and weekdays from 1997 to 2009

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1167-1173

  Hansen, Kim Wadt ^a   Hvelplund, Anders ^a,d,e   Abildstrøm, Steen Zabell ^b,e   Prescott, Eva ^b   Madsen, Mette ^c   Madsen, Jan Kyst ^a,e   Jensen, Jan Skov ^a,f   Sørensen, Rikke ^b   Galatius, Søren ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Danish Heart Registry   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary intervention; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Secondary prevention; Trends

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

CAPTIM; COMPARISON OF PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY AND PREHOSPITAL FIBRINOLYSIS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CORONARY INTERVENTION; DANAMI-2; DANISH TRIAL IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION-2; FAST REVASCULARISATION DURING INSTABILITY IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE II; FRISC-II; MONICA; MONITORING TRENDS AND DETERMINANTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PROJECT; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRAGUE 1 AND 2; PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY VERSUS FIBRINOLYSIS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 1 AND 2; RITA-3; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TACTICS-TIMI 18; THE THIRD RANDOMIZED INTERVENTION TRIAL OF UNSTABLE ANGINA; TREAT ANGINA WITH AGGRASTAT AND DETERMINE COST OF THERAPY WITH AN INVASIVE OR CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY-THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 18; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885289766     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.11.071     Document Type: Article

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