Journal article
The Treatment and Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Canada: Do Older Patients Receive Efficacious Therapies?
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To review the evidence for clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of proven medications in the treatment and prevention of myocardial infarction (MI) in older patients; to summarize Canadian data on treatment patterns and clinical outcomes for younger and older patients with coronary heart disease; to explore the reasons for gaps between best care, based on the evidence of efficacy from trials, and usual care, based on the …
Authors
McAlister FA; Taylor L; Teo KK; Tsuyuki RT; Ackman ML; Yim R; Montague TJ; Investigators TCQIN
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 47, No. 7, pp. 811–818
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 1999
DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03837.x
ISSN
0002-8614