Risk factors and in-hospital outcomes in stroke and myocardial infarction patients

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Ivanusa, Mario ^a   Ivanusa, Zrinka ^a  

^a Bjelovar General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 4544228456     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-26     Document Type: Article

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