Management of unstable angina pectoris and non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction in the United States and Canada (The TIMI III Registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1441-1446

  Anderson, H Vernon ^a,b,c,d,e   Gibson, Robert S ^a,b,c,d,e   Stone, Peter H ^a,b,c,d,e   Cannon, Christopher P ^a,b,c,d,e   Aguirre, Frank ^a,b,c,d,e   Thompson, Bruce ^a,b,c,d,e   Knatterud, Genell L ^a,b,c,d,e   Braunwald, Eugene ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030958965     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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