Predictors of type and site of first acute myocardial infarction in men and women

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-139

  Fabijanić, Damir ^a,b   Giunio, Lovel ^a   Čulić, Viktor ^a   Božić, Ivo ^a   Martinović, Duška ^a   Mirić, Dinko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 18744404856     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.134     Document Type: Article

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