Heart rate is a simplistic marker of mortality in acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-199

  Futterman, Laurie G ^a   Lemberg, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CASE REPORT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033126206     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1999.8.3.197     Document Type: Article

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