Marked increase in acute myocardial infarctions following introduction of new diagnostic guidelines;Sterk økning i antall hjerteinfarkter etter innføring av nye diagnosekriterier

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3041-3043

  Hagen, Terje P ^a   Reikvam, Åsmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0642307265     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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