Low molecular weight heparin (Dalteparin) as adjuvant treatment to thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction - A pilot study: Biochemical markers in acute coronary syndromes (BIOMACS II)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 627-633

  Frostfeldt, Gunnar ^a   Ahlberg, Greger ^b   Gustafsson, Gunnar ^c   Helmius, Gunnar ^a   Lindahl, Bertil ^a   Nygren, Anders ^a   Siegbahn, Agneta ^a   Swahn, Eva ^d   Venge, Per ^a   Wallentin, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DALTEPARIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MYOGLOBIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART REINFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DALTEPARIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; STREPTOKINASE; SYNDROME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033101758     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00612-3     Document Type: Article

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