Myocardial ischemia and ventricular tachycardia on continuous electrocardiographic monitoring and risk of cardiovascular outcomes after nonST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (from the MERLIN-TIMI 36 trial)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1373-1381

  Harkness, James R ^a,b   Morrow, David A ^a   Braunwald, Eugene ^a   Ren, Fang ^a   Lopez Sendon, J ^c   Bode, Christopher ^d   Budaj, Andrzej ^e   Scirica, Benjamin M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TROPONIN;

EID: 80255136241     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.06.058     Document Type: Article

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