Poor in-hospital outcome in young women with acute myocardial infarction. Does metabolic syndrome play a role?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-258

  Turhan, Hasan ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33748452019     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.058     Document Type: Article

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