Estimating the incidence of the acute coronary syndrome: Data from a Danish cohort of 138290 persons

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 608-614

  Nielsen, Kirsten M ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^b   Larsen, Mogens L ^a   Gerdes, Lars U ^a   Rasmussen, Soeren ^c   Faergeman, Ole ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cohort study; incidence; myocardial infarction; sudden cardiac death; unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35048854597     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328278522f     Document Type: Article

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