Prognosis of acute coronary events is worse in patients living alone: The FINAMI myocardial infarction register

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 989-996

  Lammintausta, Aino ^a   Airaksinen, Juhani Ke ^a   Immonen Räihä, Pirjo ^a   Torppa, Jorma ^b   Kesäniemi, Antero Y ^c   Ketonen, Matti ^d   Koukkunen, Heli ^e,f   Kärjä Koskenkari, Päivi ^c   Lehto, Seppo ^f   Salomaa, Veikko ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; living arrangements; marital status; mortality; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL NETWORK; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON;

EID: 84904872055     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313475893     Document Type: Article

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