Life Expectancy and Years of Potential Life Lost After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Race A Cohort-Based Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
Bucholz EM, Normand SL, Wang Y, Ma S, Lin H, Krumholz HM. Life Expectancy and Years of Potential Life Lost After Acute Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Race A Cohort-Based Study of Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 66: 645-655. PMID: 26248991, PMCID: PMC5459400, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionWhite patientsBlack patientsLife expectancyMyocardial infarctionMedicare beneficiariesCox proportional hazards regressionPotential lifeProspective cohort studyCohort-based studyProportional hazards regressionCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectBurden of diseaseLong-term survivalCohort studyClinical presentationHazards regressionBlack raceSurvival advantageGeneral populationPatientsAverage ageRace differencesLife expectancy estimatesYPLL