Comparison of long-term mortality across the spectrum of acute coronary syndromes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1065-1071

  Allen, Larry A ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^b,d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b   Giugliano, Robert P ^c   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33748697406     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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