Determinants and outcomes of coronary angiography after non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. A cohort study of the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1593-1599

  Birkhead, J S ^a   Weston, C F M ^b   Chen, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349440807     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.164426     Document Type: Article

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