Influence of age on the prognostic importance of left ventricular dysfunction and congestive heart failure on long-term survival after acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-162

  Køber, Lars ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^b   Ottesen, Michael ^b   Burchardt, Hans ^b   Korup, Eva ^b   Lyngborg, Keld ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TRANDOLAPRIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030035697     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)90389-6     Document Type: Article

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