Heart failure in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes: Observations from the Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE)

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1135-1142

  Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^a,b   Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^c   Al Mahmeed, Wael ^a   Albustani, Nazar ^a   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^d   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^e   Zubaid, Mohammad ^f  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^f KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Heart failure; Middle East; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72949097445     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp151     Document Type: Article

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