The Cardiac Infarction Injury Score as a predictor for long-term mortality in survivors of a myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1034-1041

  Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Klootwijk, P ^a   Deckers, J W ^a   Van Bergen, P F M M ^b   Jonker, J J C ^b   Simoons, M L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ASPECT Coordinating Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ECG; Long term outcome; Myocardial infarction; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032127842     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1011     Document Type: Article

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