Validity of a simple ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction risk index: Are randomized trial prognostic estimates generalizable to elderly patients?

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 811-816

  Rathore, Saif S ^a   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^b   Gross, Cary P ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIBRATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037448799     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000049743.45748.02     Document Type: Article

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