Severity of Coronary Arterial Stenoses Responsible for Acute Coronary Syndromes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1183-1188

  Manoharan, Ganesh ^a   Ntalianis, Argyrios ^a   Muller, Olivier ^a   Hamilos, Michailis ^a   Sarno, Giovanna ^a   Melikian, Narbeh ^a   Vanderheyden, Marc ^a   Heyndrickx, Guy R ^a   Wyffels, Eric ^a   Wijns, William ^a   De Bruyne, Bernard ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 65249150860     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.047     Document Type: Article

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