Management and outcomes of Middle Eastern patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes in the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE)

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Zubaid, Mohammad ^a   Rashed, Wafa A ^b   Almahmeed, Wael ^c   Al Lawati, Jawad ^d   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^e   Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^f   Amin, Haitham ^g   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^h   Alhabib, Khalid ⁱ  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^f SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^g Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Centre   (Bahrain)

^h HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

ⁱ KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Guidelines; Hospital mortality; Reperfusion therapy; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69249122545     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.4.2041607     Document Type: Article

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