Pain intensity in nondiabetic patients with myocardial infarction or unstable angina. Its association with clinical and psychological features

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-169

  Tsouna Hadjis, E ^a,b   Kallergis, G ^a   Agrios, N ^a   Zakopoulos, N ^a   Lyropoulos, S ^a   Liakos, A ^b   Sideris, D ^b   Stamatelopoulos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anginal pain intensity; Anxiety; Chest pain variability; Depression; Pain reporting; Type A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN PARAMETERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032417625     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00319-2     Document Type: Article

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