A new scoring system to stratify risk in unstable angina

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Piombo, Alfredo C ^a   Gagliardi, Juan A ^a   Guetta, Javier ^a   Fuselli, Juan ^a   Salzberg, Simón ^a   Fairman, Enrique ^a   Bertolasi, Carlos ^a  

^a Devmt/Invest in Cardiology Group   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN T;

EID: 3042638643     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-3-8     Document Type: Article

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