Major adverse cardiovascular event definitions used in observational analysis of administrative databases: a systematic review

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Bosco, Elliott ^a,b   Hsueh, Leon ^c   McConeghy, Kevin W ^a,b,d   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a,b,c,d   Saade, Elie ^e,f  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular disease; Heart failure; Observational study; Reproducibility; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE;

EID: 85118761252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-021-01440-5     Document Type: Article

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