Prognostic Significance of Electrocardiographic Change during Anginal Attack in Patients with Unstable Angina

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 369-374

  Saitoh, Makoto ^a   Matsuo, Koh ^a   Nomoto, Shigeru ^a   Uchiyama, Tatsushi ^a   Kondoh, Teruo ^a   Yanagawa, Tetsuo ^b  

^a Nishio Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Fibrinogen; St depression

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034183432     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.369     Document Type: Article

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