Excellent prognosis in patients with unstable angina pectoris classified as "low risk" at admission despite presence of severe coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-67

  Holmvang, Lene ^a   Jurlander, Birgit ^a,b   Leibrandt, Paul ^c   Ellis, Avery ^b   Wagner, Galen ^a,c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0035400103     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01588-0     Document Type: Article

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