Short-term mortality and complications in ST elevation myocardial infarction - The Heart Hospital experience

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 650-654

  Achari, V ^a,b   Prakash, Satya ^b   Sinha, Arun Kumar ^c   Thakur, A K ^b  

^a PATNA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Heart Hospital   (India)

^c PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

In hospital mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; NITRATE; RAMIPRIL; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 60549113394     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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