Hemoglobin concentration is an independent determinant of heart failure in acute coronary syndromes: cohort analysis of 2310 patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1091-1095

  Archbold, R Andrew ^a,b   Balami, Dauda ^a   Al Hajiri, Abdul ^b   Suliman, Abdel ^a   Liew, Reg ^c   Cooper, Jackie ^d   Ranjadayalan, Kulasegarum ^a   Knight, Charles J ^b,c   Deaner, Andrew ^c   Timmis, Adam D ^a,b  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING GEORGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845271670     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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