Failure of aspirin to prevent myocardial infarction and adverse outcome during follow-up - A large series of all-comers

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 296-302

  Mikkelsson, Jussi ^a,b,d   Eskola, Markku ^c   Nikus, Kjell ^c   Karhunen, Pekka J ^a   Niemela, Kari ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ASPIRIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STROKE;

EID: 42449139488     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890701832211     Document Type: Article

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