Incidence of emergency department visits for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a recent six-year period in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-170

  Ward, Michael J ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^a   Zhu, Yuwei ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b   Harrell, Frank E ^a   Self, Wesley H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OFFICE VISITS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919607816     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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