Prognostic value of the admission electrocardiogram in patients with unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with very early revascularization

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Mueller, Christian ^a,b   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Perach, Wolfgang ^a   Perruchoud, André P ^b   Buettner, Heinz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3843054442     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.02.034     Document Type: Article

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