Renal Insufficiency and Worsened Prognosis with STEMI: A Call for Action

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1544-1546

  French, William J ^a   Wright, R Scott ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0242636746     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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