Diagnosis and management of patients with unstable angina

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 682-744

  Cannon, Christopher P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DALTEPARIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEART ENZYME; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NADROPARIN; NITRATE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TICLOPIDINE; TIROFIBAN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0033228535     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0146-2806(99)90015-4     Document Type: Article

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