Use of Cardiac Procedures and Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Myocardial Infarction in the United States and Canada
Open Access
- 22 May 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (21), 1500-1505
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199705223362106
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and Canada. We performed a population-based study to compare the use of cardiac procedures and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients in the two countries.Keywords
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