Validation of a clinical prediction rule for left ventricular ejection fraction after myocardial infarction in patients ≤65 years old

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Howes, Christopher J ^b   Murillo, Jaime E ^b   Vaccarino, L Viola ^b   Radford, Martha J ^b   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031195188     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00299-3     Document Type: Article

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