Long-Term Outcome of a Routine Versus Selective Invasive Strategy in Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2435-2445

  Fox, Keith A A ^a   Clayton, Tim C ^b   Damman, Peter ^c   Pocock, Stuart J ^b   de Winter, Robbert J ^c   Tijssen, Jan G P ^c   Lagerqvist, Bo ^d   Wallentin, Lars ^d  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; interventional strategy; percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952550270     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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