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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedLopes RD, Gharacholou SM, Holmes DN
Cumulative incidence of death and rehospitalization among the elderly in the first year after NSTEMI.
The researchers evaluated mortality and cause-specific rehospitalization rates in elderly non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction survivors with ischemic heart disease. They found that rehospitalization rates do not rise substantially with advancing age, and rehospitalization is often for noncardiac diagnoses.
AHRQ-funded; HS021092.
Citation: Lopes RD, Gharacholou SM, Holmes DN .
Cumulative incidence of death and rehospitalization among the elderly in the first year after NSTEMI.
Am J Med 2015 Jun;128(6):582-90. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.12.032.
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Keywords: Elderly, Mortality, Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Hospital Readmissions