Variations in coronary artery disease secondary prevention prescriptions among outpatient cardiology practices: Insights from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 539-546

  Maddox, Thomas M ^a,b,c   Chan, Paul S ^d,e   Spertus, John A ^d,e   Tang, Fengming ^d   Jones, Phil ^d   Ho, P Michael ^a,b,c   Bradley, Steven M ^a,b,c   Tsai, Thomas T ^a,b,c   Bhatt, Deepak L ^f   Peterson, Pamela N ^b,c,g  

^a Eastern Colorado Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; outpatient practice; secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAD; OUTPATIENT PRACTICE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84893823410     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.053     Document Type: Article

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