A description of the characteristics and outcome of patients hospitalized for acute chest pain in relation to whether they were admitted to the coronary care unit or not in the thrombolytic era

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-287

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Karlson, Björn W ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Svensson, Lillemor ^a   Och Björn Kalin, Elisabeth Zehlertz ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary Care Unit; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036126494     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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