Living alone and atypical clinical presentation are associated with higher mortality in patients with all components of the acute coronary syndrome

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-154

  Nielsen, Kirsten M ^a   Larsen, Mogens L ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^b   Faergeman, Ole ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cohort study; mortality; myocardial infarction; prognosis; socio economic factors; unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847009809     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000238399.35094.3e     Document Type: Article

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