Performance of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) ST-elevation myocardial infarction risk score in a national cohort of elderly patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 402-410

  Rathore, Saif S ^a   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^b   Foody, JoAnne M ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 24944576119     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.069     Document Type: Article

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