Plasma homocysteine levels and late outcome in patients with unstable angina

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-359

  Vizzardi, E ^a   Nodari, S ^a   Fiorina, C ^a   Metra, M ^a   Dei Cas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249017659     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099050     Document Type: Article

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