Cardiac Arrhythmias in Thai acute coronary syndrome registry

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL 1, 2007, Pages 58-64

  Ngarmukos, Tachapong ^a   Sriratanasthavorn, Charn ^b   Sansaneevithayakul, Buncha ^c   Kasemsuwan, Piya ^d   Angkasuwapala, Kitiporn ^e   Yamwong, Sukit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; AV block; Cardiac arrhythmia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THAILAND; TROPONIN; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 43849087354     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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