Different treatments and outcomes of consecutive patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction depending on initial electrocardiographic changes (results of the Acute Coronary Syndromes [ACOS] Registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1543-1546

  Wienbergen, Harm ^a   Gitt, Anselm Kai ^b   Schiele, Rudolf ^b   Juenger, Claus ^b   Heer, Tobias ^b   Vogel, Christina ^b   Gottwik, Martin ^b   Senges, Jochen ^b  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASPIRIN; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; STROKE VOLUME; TICLOPIDINE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 2942511359     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.069     Document Type: Article

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