Relation of the leukocyte count to recurrent cardiac events in stable patients after acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1221-1224

  Hajj Ali, Raef ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a,b   Ezzeddine, Rana ^a   Moss, Arthur J ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035584205     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02080-X     Document Type: Article

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