Cardiovascular risk factors and clinical presentation in acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1141-1147

  Rosengren, Annika ^a   Wallentin, L ^b   Simoons, M ^c   Gitt, A K ^d   Behar, S ^e   Battler, A ^f   Hasdai, D ^e  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STATIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SYNDROME;

EID: 23944503298     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.051508     Document Type: Article

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