Unfortunate impact of age on the management and outcomes of unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (the GUARANTEE registry)

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Gurjeva, Olga S ^a   Roe, Matthew T ^b   Murphy, Sabina A ^c   Moliterno, David J ^d   Cannon, Christopher P ^c,e  

^a Ukrainian Institute of Cardiology   (Ukraine)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Age differences; Management; Medical treatment; Outcomes; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 21444439239     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164658.06135.a2     Document Type: Article

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