Comparison of baseline characteristics, management and outcome of patients with nonst-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in versus not in clinical trials

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1389-1396

  Hutchinson Jaffe, Adam B ^a   Goodman, Shaun G ^a,b   Yan, Raymond T ^a   Wald, Ron ^a   Elbarouni, Basem ^a   Rose, Barry ^d   Eagle, Kim A ^f   Lai, Christopher C ^c   Baer, Carolyn ^e   Langer, Anatoly ^a,b   Yan, Andrew T ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^e MONCTON HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149465907     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.070     Document Type: Article

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