National trends in stroke after acute myocardial infarction among Medicare patients in the United States: 1999 to 2010

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-85.e4

  Wang, Yun ^a,b   Lichtman, Judith H ^c   Dharmarajan, Kumar ^a,d   Masoudi, Frederick A ^e   Ross, Joseph S ^a,f,g   Dodson, John A ^h   Chen, Jersey ⁱ   Spertus, John A ^j   Chaudhry, Sarwat I ^f   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^k   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c,f,g  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; TRENDS;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926204515     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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