Women and men with unstable angina and/or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Supplement

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Sinkovič, Andreja ^a   Marinšek, Martin ^a   Svenšek, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Men; Non ST elevation myocardial infarction; Treatment; Unstable angina; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; ABCIXIMAB; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TIROFIBAN; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 33745620170     PISSN: 03005178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0553-x     Document Type: Article

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