Patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and without chest pain are treated less aggressively and experience higher in-hospital mortality

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 769-775

  Zdzienicka, Joanna ^a   Siudak, Zbigniew ^a   Zawiślak, Barbara ^a   Dziewierz, Artur ^a   Rakowski, Tomasz ^a   Dubiel, Jacek ^a   Dudek, Dariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Pain; Registry

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 34548459345     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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