Usefulness of Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy to Predict Adverse Events in Patients With a First Non-ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-460

  Barrabés, José A ^a   Figueras, Jaume ^a   Cortadellas, Josefa ^a   Lidón, Rosa Maria ^a   Ibars, Sònia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST ELEVATION ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; R WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 59049107341     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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