Nonobstructive coronary artery disease and risk of myocardial infarction

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1754-1763

  Maddox, Thomas M ^a,b   Stanislawski, Maggie A ^a   Grunwald, Gary K ^a,b,c   Bradley, Steven M ^a,b   Ho, P Michael ^a,b   Tsai, Thomas T ^d   Patel, Manesh R ^e   Sandhu, Amneet ^b   Valle, Javier ^b   Magid, David J ^c,d   Leon, Benjamin ^b   Bhatt, Deepak L ^f,g   Fihn, Stephan D ^h   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONOBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908679366     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.14681     Document Type: Article

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