Pulmonary artery catheterization in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the GUSTO IIb and GUSTO III trials

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 482-488

  Cohen, Mauricio G ^a   Kelly, Robert V ^a   Kong, David F ^b   Menon, Venu ^a   Shah, Monica ^b   Ferreira, Jorge ^c   Pieper, Karen S ^b   Criger, Douglas ^b   Poggio, Rosana ^d   Ohman, E Magnus ^a   Gore, Joel ^e   Califf, Robert M ^b   Granger, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^d TANGO Coord Center Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; GUSTO IIb; GUSTO III; Pulmonary artery catheterization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 20944445214     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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