Unstable angina: Good long-term outcome after a complicated early course

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1534-1539

  Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Van Miltenburg Van Zijl, Addy J ^a   Veerhoek, Rinus J ^b   Simoons, Maarten L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031747146     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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