Associations between ST depression, four year mortality, and in-hospital revascularisation in unselected patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 490-495

  Hyde, Tom A ^a,b   French, J K ^a   Wong, C K ^a   Edwards, C ^a   Whitlock, R M L ^a   White, H D ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; T WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037407166     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.5.490     Document Type: Article

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