Mortality after First Myocardial Infarction in Greek Patients: A 4-Year Follow-Up Study

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 582-587

  Kolovou, Genovefa D ^a   Mihas, Constantinos ^b   Kotanidou, Anastasia ^c   Dimoula, Yvoni ^d   Karkouli, Georgia ^e   Kadda, Olga ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Katherine ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^f   Marvaki, Christina ^d  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Kimi   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d Technical School of Education   (Greece)

^e IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Observational retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION;

AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRATES; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 70350491405     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319709343285     Document Type: Article

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