Microalbuminuria modifies the mortality risk associated with electrocardiographic ST-T segment changes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1401-1407

  Diercks, Gilles F H ^a   Hillege, Hans L ^a   Van Boven, A d J ^b   Kors, Jan A ^c   Crijns, Harry J G M ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^d   De Jong, Paul E ^b   Van Gilst, Wiek H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; T WAVE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037120921     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02165-4     Document Type: Article

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