作者
Louise Pilote, Michal Abrahamowicz, Eric Rodrigues, Mark J Eisenberg, Elham Rahme
发表日期
2004/7/20
期刊
Annals of internal medicine
卷号
141
期号
2
页码范围
102-112
出版商
American College of Physicians
简介
Background
Several randomized, controlled trials show that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors improve survival in patients who have had an acute myocardial infarction. However, existing data from trials do not address whether all ACE inhibitors benefit patients similarly.
Objective
To evaluate whether all ACE inhibitors are associated with similar mortality in patients 65 years of age or older who have had an acute myocardial infarction.
Design
Retrospective cohort study that used linked hospital discharge and prescription databases containing information on 18 453 patients 65 years of age or older who were admitted for an acute myocardial infarction between 1 April 1996 and 31 March 2000.
Setting
109 hospitals in Quebec, Canada.
Patients
7512 patients …
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