Demographics, treatment and outcome of acute coronary syndromes: 17 years of experience in a specialized cardiac centre

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-124

  Awaida, Jean Pierre S ^a   Dupuis, Jocelyn ^a   Théroux, Pierre ^a   Pelletier, Guy ^a   Joyal, Michel ^a   De Guise, Pierre ^a   Doucet, Serge ^a   Bilodeau, Luc ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Tanguay, Jean François ^a   Gallo, Richard ^a   Grégoire, Jean ^a   L'Allier, Philippe L ^a   Macle, Laurent ^a   Nigam, Anil ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular medicine; Critical care; Epidemiology; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; STENT; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANADA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645227477     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70250-1     Document Type: Article

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