ST depression in ECG at entry indicates severe coronary lesions and large benefits of an early invasive treatment strategy in unstable coronary artery disease; the FRISC II ECG substudy

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-49

  Diderholm, Erik ^a   Andren B ^a   Frostfeldt, G ^a   Genberg, M ^a   Jernberg, T ^a   Lagerqvist, B ^a   Lindahl, B ^a   Wallentin, L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary bypass; Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036401798     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2694     Document Type: Article

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