Improved outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction during the last 20 years are related to implementation of evidence-based treatments: Experiences from the SWEDEHEART registry 1995-2014

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 41, 2017, Pages 3056-3065

  Szummer, Karolina ^a,b   Wallentin, Lars ^c   Lindhagen, Lars ^c   Alfredsson, Joakim ^d   Erlinge, David ^e   Held, Claes ^c   James, Stefan ^c   Kellerth, Thomas ^f   Lindahl, Bertil ^c   Ravn Fischer, Annica ^g   Rydberg, Erik ^e   Yndigegn, Troels ^e   Jernberg, Tomas ^h  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Outcomes; Registry; Time Trends

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85035034233     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx515     Document Type: Review

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