Comparison of acute myocardial infarct size to two-year mortality in patients <65 to those ≥65 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1170-1175

  Miller, Todd D ^a   Christian, Timothy F ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Hopfenspirger, Mona R ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0032707273     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00529-9     Document Type: Article

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