Usefulness of a Complete Blood Count-Derived Risk Score to Predict Incident Mortality in Patients With Suspected Cardiovascular Disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Ronnow, Brianna S ^a   Horne, Benjamin D ^a   Carlquist, John F ^a   May, Heidi T ^a   Bair, Tami L ^a   Jensen, Kurt R ^a   Muhlestein, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846035193     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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