The second euro heart survey on acute coronary syndromes: Characteristics, treatment, and outcome of patients with ACS in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin in 2004

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2285-2293

  Mandelzweig, Lori ^a   Battler, Alex ^b   Boyko, Valentina ^a   Bueno, Hector ^c   Danchin, Nicolas ^d   Filippatos, Gerasimos ^e   Gitt, Anselm ^f   Hasdai, David ^b   Hasin, Yonathan ^g   Marrugat, Jaume ^h   Van De Werf, Frans ⁱ   Wallentin, Lars ^j   Behar, Shlomo ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^g Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

^h INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Management; Prognosis; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33749000304     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl196     Document Type: Review

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