Recurrent infarction causes the most deaths following myocardial infarction with left ventricular dysfunction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 752-758

  Ørn, Stein ^a   Cleland, John G F ^d   Romo, Matti ^e   Kjekshus, John ^f   Dickstein, Kenneth ^a,b,c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f Stavanger University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death; Heart failure; Mode of death; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; LOSARTAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOSARTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 21244478487     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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