Risk stratification following myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era: A two-step strategy using noninvasive and invasive methods

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Andresen, Dietrich ^a   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^b   Brüggemann, Thomas ^a   Müller, Dirk ^c   Haberl, Ralph ^b   Behrens, Steffen ^c   Hoffmann, Ellen ^b   Wegscheider, Karl ^d   Dissmann, R üdiger ^d   Ehlers, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; DIGITALIS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032953947     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00516-6     Document Type: Article

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