Age-dependent improvements in survival after hospitalisation with acute myocardial infarction: An analysis of the Myocardial Ischemia National Audit Project (MINAP)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 779-785

  Alabas, Oras A ^a   Allan, Victoria ^a   Mclenachan, Jim M ^b   Feltbower, Richard ^a   Gale, Chris P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Age; MINAP; Older people; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASTATINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; CLINICAL AUDIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WALES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTICS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84911373982     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft201     Document Type: Article

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