Usefulness of Anemia in Men as an Independent Predictor of Two-Year Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 580-584

  Cavusoglu, Erdal ^a,b   Chopra, Vineet ^b   Gupta, Amit ^a   Clark, Luther T ^a   Eng, Calvin ^b   Marmur, Jonathan D ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ANEMIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747190399     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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