The relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the severity and short-term prognosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS): The Greek Study of ACS (The GREECS)

Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 722-730

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Arapi, Sophia ^b   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Antonoulas, Antonis ^c   Mantas, Yannis ^c   Zombolos, Spyros ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c GREECS Study Investigators   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Diet; Mediterranean; Risk

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BEHAVIOR; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33745417578     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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