Long-term prognosis in unstable angina. The importance of early risk stratification using continuous ST segment monitoring

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 240-249

  Patel, D J ^a,b   Knight, C J ^a   Holdright, D R ^a   Mulcahy, D ^a   Clarke, D ^a   Wright, C ^a   Purcell, H ^a   Fox, K M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prognosis; ST segment monitoring; Transient ischaemia; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031906772     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0586     Document Type: Article

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