Prior myocardial infarction and prognostic outcome in patients with unstable angina in a postdischarge follow-up

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-327

  Dini, Frank Lloyd ^a   Volterrani, Cesare ^a   Giaconi, Antonella ^a   Azzarelli, Andrea ^a   Lunardi, Maurizio ^a   Bernardi, Daniele ^a  

^a Ospedale San Francesco   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0029916873     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700401     Document Type: Article

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