Persistent coronary occlusion after myocardial infarction [17]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1682-1683

  Chua, Doson ^a   Lo, Anita ^b   Kuo, I Fan ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG USE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; NOTE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARRHYTHMIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34247251946     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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