Long-term nitrate therapy after acute myocardial infarction does not improve or aggravate prognosis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Kojima, Sunao ^a,m   Matsui, Kunihiko ^b   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^a   Ishihara, Masaharu ^c   Kimura, Kazuo ^d   Miyazaki, Shunichi ^e   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^e   Tei, Chuwa ^f   Hiraoka, Hisatoyo ^g   Sonoda, Masahiro ^h   Tsuchihashi, Kazufumi ⁱ   Shimoyama, Nobuo ^j   Honda, Takashi ^k   Ogata, Yasuhiro ^l   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^k SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Nitrates; Prognosis; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPERFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRATES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947188007     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.301     Document Type: Article

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