Comparison of Readmission Rates After Acute Myocardial Infarction in 3 Patient Age Groups (18 to 44, 45 to 64, and ≥65 Years) in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1761-1767

  Khera, Rohan ^a   Jain, Snigdha ^a   Pandey, Ambarish ^a   Agusala, Vijay ^a   Kumbhani, Dharam J ^a   Das, Sandeep R ^a   Berry, Jarett D ^a   de Lemos, James A ^a   Girotra, Saket ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONWIDE READMISSIONS DATABASE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028621802     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.07.081     Document Type: Article

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