Do diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension predispose to left ventricular free wall rupture in acute myocardial infarction?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1224-1225

  Melchior, Thomas ^c   Hildebrant, Per ^b   Køber, Lars ^a   Jensen, Gunner ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CAUSALITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030667655     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00646-2     Document Type: Article

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