The greatest benefit of enoxaparin over unfractionated heparin in acute coronary syndromes is achieved in patients presenting with ST-segment changes: The Enoxaparin in Non-Q-Wave Coronary Events (ESSENCE) Electrocardiogram Core Laboratory Substudy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 791-797

  Goodman, Shaun G ^a   Bozovich, Gerardo E ^b   Tan, Mary ^a   Dos Santos, Alfonso ^d   Gurfinkel, Enrique P ^d   Cohen, Marc ^c   Langer, Anatoly ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Instituto Argentino de Diagnostico y Tratamiento   (Argentina)

^c NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; PLACEBO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645211353     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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