Health utility indexes in patients with acute coronary syndromes
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Health utility indexes in patients with acute coronary syndromes
BACKGROUND Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have been associated with lower health utilities (HUs) compared with the general population. Given the prognostic improvements after ACS with the implementation of coronary angiography (eg, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)), contemporary HU values derived from patient-reported outcomes are needed. METHODS We analysed data of 1882 patients with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Heart
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2053-3624
DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2016-000419