Acute myocardial infarction: Profile and management at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-50

  Samad, Z ^a   Rashid, A ^a   Khan, M A U ^a   Mithani, S ^a   Khan, M H ^a   Khan, M S M ^a   Malik, S S ^a   Nehal, U S ^a   Sami, S ^a   Karim, M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14244271203     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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