Regional variability in hospital mortality in patients hospitalized with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Findings from the gulf registry of acute coronary events

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-230

  Thalib, Lukman ^a   Zubaid, Mohammad ^a   Rashed, Wafa ^b   Almahmeed, Wael ^c   Al Lawati, Jawad ^b   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^d   Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^e   Amin, Haitham ^f   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^g   Alhabib, Khalid F ^h  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^e SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^f BAHRAIN DEFENCE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

^g HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^h KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; In hospital mortality; Middle East; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; OMAN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953645218     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323595     Document Type: Article

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