Hospital variability in use of anticoagulant strategies during acute myocardial infarction treated with an early invasive strategy.

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Published in J Am Heart Assoc on June 15, 2015

Authors

Suzanne V Arnold1, Shu-Xia Li2, Karen P Alexander3, John A Spertus1, Brahmajee K Nallamothu4, Jeptha P Curtis5, Mikhail Kosiborod1, Aakriti Gupta6, Tracy Y Wang3, Haiqun Lin7, Kumar Dharmarajan5, Kelly M Strait2, Timothy J Lowe8, Harlan M Krumholz9

Author Affiliations

1: Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (S.V.A., J.A.S., M.K.).
2: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (S.X.L., J.P.C., K.D., K.M.S., H.M.K.).
3: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (K.P.A., T.Y.W.).
4: University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI (B.K.N.).
5: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (S.X.L., J.P.C., K.D., K.M.S., H.M.K.) Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (J.P.C., K.D., H.M.K.).
6: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (A.G.).
7: Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (H.L.).
8: Premier, Inc, Charlotte, NC (T.J.L., H.M.K.).
9: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (S.X.L., J.P.C., K.D., K.M.S., H.M.K.) Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (J.P.C., K.D., H.M.K.) Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.) Premier, Inc, Charlotte, NC (T.J.L., H.M.K.).

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