What are appropriate rates of invasive procedures following acute myocardial infarction? A systematic review

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 130-136

  Scott, I A ^a   Harden, H ^a   Coory, M ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPES OF STUDY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0035809009     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143185.x     Document Type: Article

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