New diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction and in-hospital mortality;Novos critérios de enfarte agudo do miocárdio e mortalidade intra-hospitalar

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-237

  Gomes, Susana ^a   Pereira, Décio ^a   Oliveira, Rui ^a   Faria, Paula ^a   Freitas, António ^a   Pereira, Eva ^a   Alves, Carina ^a   Cardoso, Almada ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DO FUNCHAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS); Acute myocardial infarction (AMI); Epidemiology; Mortality; Unstable angina (UA)

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 17444372314     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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