Epidemiology of acute coronary syndromes in Italy;Epidemiologia delle sindromi coronariche acute in Italia

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 718-729

  Perugini, Enrica ^a   Maggioni, Aldo P ^b   Boccanelli, Alessandro ^c   Di Pasquale, Giuseppe ^d  

^a Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^b ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Coronary angioplasty; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CARDIAC PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPERFUSION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77957936671     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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