Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (PL-ACS): Characteristics, treatments and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes in Poland

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 861-872

  Poloński, Lech ^a   Ga̧sior, Mariusz ^a   Gierlotka, Marek ^a   Kalarus, Zbigniew ^a   Cieśliński, Andrzej ^b   Dubiel, Jacek S ^c   Gil, Robert J ^d   Ruzyłło, Witold ^e   Trusz Gluza, Maria ^a   Zembala, Marian ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d Central Hospital of Internal Affairs and Administration Ministry   (Poland)

^e INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Epidemiology; Guidelines' recommended treatment; In hospital outcomes; Invasive strategy; Registry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 35349007403     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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