Weekend versus weekday mortality in ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction patients between 1985 and 2008

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1576-1577

  Snelder, Sanne M ^a   Nauta, Sjoerd T ^a   Akkerhuis, K Martijn ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^a   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Long term follow up; Mortality; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME OF DEATH; TREND STUDY;

LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; MORTALITY; ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WEEKEND;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885315905     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.053     Document Type: Article

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