Outcomes in patients with acute non-Q-wave myocardial infarction randomly assigned to an invasive as compared with a conservative management strategy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 1785-1792

  Boden, William E ^a,g   O'Rourke, Robert A ^b   Crawford, Michael H ^c   Blaustein, Alvin S ^d   Deedwania, Prakash C ^b   Zoble, Robert G ^b   Wexler, Laura F ^b   Kleiger, Robert E ^e   Pepine, Carl J ^b   Ferry, David R ^f   Chow, Bruce K ^b   Lavori, Philip W ^b  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^g Medical Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7144228604     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199806183382501     Document Type: Article

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