Clinical epidemiology of acute myocardial infarction in Kuwait

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Al Adsani, Afaf ^a   Memon, Anjum ^a   Peneva, Adelina ^a   Baidas, Ghassan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Clinical epidemiology; In hospital morbidity and mortality; Kuwait; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 0343775663     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.55.1.2005713     Document Type: Article

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