First myocardial infarction in patients of Indian subcontinent and European origin: Comparison of risk factors, management, and long term outcome

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7081, 1997, Pages 639-642

  Shaukat, N ^a   Lear, J ^b   Louy, A ^a   Fletcher, S ^a   De Bono, D P ^b   Woods, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031056066     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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