Electrocardiographic and clinical predictors of acute myocardial infarction in patients with unstable angina pectoris

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1182-1186

  Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b   Lapuerta, Pablo ^b   Giugliano, Robert P ^b   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^b  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032525116     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00155-6     Document Type: Article

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