Unstable angina in the ICU: Stratified incidence registred according to intensity levels following the Braunwald's classification;Angor inestable en UCI: registro de incidencia estratificado por niveles de intensidad segun la clasificacion de Braunwald

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 252-258

  Alcala M A ^a   Ancillo, P ^b  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute coronary crisis; Braunwald's classification; Refractory angina; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0029990559     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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