Declining case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction in South Asian and white patients in the past 15 years

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1030-1034

  Liew, Reginald ^a,b   Sulfi, S ^b   Ranjadayalan, K ^b   Cooper, J ^c   Timmis, A D ^d  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SOUTH ASIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 33746386747     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.078634     Document Type: Article

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