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- Title
Acute coronary syndrome: what do patients know?
- Authors
Dracup, Kathleen; McKinley, Sharon; Doering, Lynn V; Riegel, Barbara; Meischke, Hendrika; Moser, Debra K; Pelter, Michele; Carlson, Beverly; Aitken, Leanne; Marshall, Andrea; Cross, Rebecca; Paul, Steven M
- Abstract
The effectiveness of therapy for an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is dependent on patients' quick decision to seek treatment. We surveyed patients' level of knowledge about heart disease and self-perceived risk for a future acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with documented ischemic heart disease.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2008, Vol 168, Issue 10, p1049
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.168.10.1049