Open AccessNational Quality Assessment of Early Clopidogrel Therapy in Chinese Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in 2006 and 2011: Insights From the China Patient‐Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)–Retrospective AMI Study
Author(s) -
Zhang Lihua,
Desai Nihar R.,
Li Jing,
Hu Shuang,
Wang Qing,
Li Xi,
Masoudi Frederick A.,
Spertus John A.,
Nuti Sudhakar V.,
Wang Sisi,
Krumholz Harlan M.,
Jiang Lixin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.115.001906
Subject(s) - clopidogrel , medicine , interquartile range , myocardial infarction , emergency medicine , cardiology
Early clopidogrel administration to patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been demonstrated to improve outcomes in a large Chinese trial. However, patterns of use of clopidogrel for patients with AMI in China are unknown.