Short-term prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndromes through the evaluation of physical activity status, the adoption of Mediterranean diet and smoking habits: The Greek Acute Coronary Syndromes (GREECS) study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 901-908

  Panagiotakos, Demsthenes B ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; Mediterranean diet; physical activity; risk; smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33845401453     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000221863.42286.1e     Document Type: Article

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