Canadian-American differences in the management of acute coronary syndromes in the GUSTO IIb trial: One-year follow-up of patients without ST-segment elevation

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1375-1381

  Fu, Yuling ^a   Chang, Wei Ching ^a   Mark, Dan ^b   Califf, Robert M ^b   Mackenzie, Brian ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^b   Topol, Eric J ^d   Hlatky, Mark ^e   Armstrong, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Peterborough Civic Hospital   (Canada)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Coronary disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0034687113     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.12.1375     Document Type: Article

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