Predictive validity of the Braunwald classification of unstable angina for angiographic findings, short-term prognoses, and treatment selection

Angiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 663-671

  Owa, Mafumi ^a,b   Origasa, Hideki ^a   Saito, Muneyasu ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0030787784     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800801     Document Type: Article

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