Predictors and mode of death over 5 years amongst patients admitted to the emergency department with acute chest pain or other symptoms raising suspicion of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Herlitz, J ^a   Karlson, B W ^a   Lindqvist, J ^a   Sjolin M ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Long term prognosis; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031929833     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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