Risk stratification in the setting of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes 1999-2007

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 617-624

  Ranasinghe, Isuru ^a   Alprandi Costa, Bernadette ^a   Chow, Vincent ^a   Elliott, John M ^b   Waites, Jonathon ^c   Counsell, John T ^d   Lopéz Sendón, Jose ^e   Avezum, Álvaro ^f   Goodman, Shaun G ^g   Granger, Christopher B ^h   Brieger, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Coffs Harbor Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^d DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN P INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051819209     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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