Clinical prediction of short-term prognosis in acute myocardial infarction;Predicción clínica del pronóstico precoz en el infarto agudo de miocardio

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 612-627

  Bueno, Héctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0031228353     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(97)73273-1     Document Type: Article

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