Diabetes mellitus as a contributor to the in-hospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction in Kuwait

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-322

  Thalib, Lukman ^a   Zubaid, Mohammad ^a   Suresh, Cheriyil G ^a   Rashed, Wafa ^a   Shukkur, Mumtaz ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnic differences; Gender differences; In hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

EID: 2942720633     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.3.2005189     Document Type: Article

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