Acute coronary syndromes presenting solely with heart failure symptoms: Are they under recognised?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-686

  Hamaad, Ali ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   MacFadyen, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina equivalent; Breathlessness; Chest pain symptoms; Heart failure; Mechanical coronary interventions; Risk benefit ratio

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 7944231773     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.02.009     Document Type: Review

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