The prognostic value of the admission and predischarge electrocardiogram in acute coronary syndromes: The GUSTO-IIb ECG Core Laboratory experience

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-284

  Goodman, Shaun G ^a   Fu, Yuling ^b   Langer, Anatoly ^a   Barr, Aiala ^c   Tan, Mary ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^d   Barbagelata, Alejandro ^e   Sgarbossa, Elena B ^f   Birnbaum, Yochai ^e   Granger, Christopher B ^d   Califf, Robert M ^d   Van de Werf, Frans ^g   Topol, Eric J ^h   Armstrong, Paul W ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 33746380544     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.12.022     Document Type: Article

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