Impact of diagnosis and sex on long-term prognosis in acute coronary syndromes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-488

  Perers, Elisabeth ^a   Caidahl, Kenneth ^a,b   Herlitz, Johan ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Hartford, Marianne ^a,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 34547977478     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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