The management of acute myocardial infarction in developing countries

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-194

  Abdallah, Mouhamad H ^a   Arnaout, Samir ^a   Karrowni, Wassef ^a   Dakik, Habib A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary artery disease risk factors; Developing countries

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746308458     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.003     Document Type: Review

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