In-hospital mortality and time from onset of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in 540 patients undergoing primary coronary angioplasty: Comparison between blacks, whites and patients of other races, and between men and women

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-110

  Dilmanian, Hajir ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Das, Manisha ^a   Pucillo, Anthony L ^a   Weiss, Melvin B ^a   Kalapatapu, Kumar ^a   Monsen, Craig E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Glomerular filtration rate; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Primary coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33847016368     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094587     Document Type: Article

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