Low risk is associated with poorer quality of life than high risk following acute coronary syndrome

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-510

  Perers, Elisabeth ^a   From Attebring, Mona ^a   Caidahl, Kenneth ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Wahrborg, Peter ^a   Hartford, Marianne ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Myocardial infarction; Quality of life; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC HEALTH PROFILE; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33747164520     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200609000-00002     Document Type: Article

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