Pattern of acute myocardial infarction in an African country

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 613-618

  Ogeng'o, Julius A ^a   Olabu, Beda O ^a   Ong'era, Dennis ^a   Sinkeet, Simeon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African; Kenyan; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEART ENZYME; HEPARIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; KENYA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78751628320     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.6.2059856     Document Type: Article

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