Early aggressive treatment of unstable angina without on-site cardiac surgical facilities: A prospective study of acute and long-term outcome

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-119

  Ferrero, Valeria ^a   Steffenino, Giuseppe ^a   Meinardi, Federica ^a   Conte, Enrica ^a   Deorsola, Antonella ^a   Vado, Antonello ^a   Racca, Emanuela ^a   Dellavalle, Antonio ^a   Ribichini, Flavio ^a   Menardi, Endrj ^a   Uslenghi, Eugenio ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Therapy; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NITRATES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6844255861     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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