Early stroke following acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, predictors and outcome in six middle-eastern countries

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-482

  Albaker, Osamah ^a   Zubaid, Mohammad ^b   Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^g   Rashed, Wafa ^c   Alanbaei, Muath ^a   Almahmeed, Wael ^a   Al Shereiqi, Sulaiman Z ^d   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^e   Al Qahtani, Awad ^f   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^f  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^f HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Risk factors; Statin; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RETEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80155182247     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330344     Document Type: Article

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