Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of conservative medical management in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in gulf RACE-2

Angiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-118

  AlHabib, Khalid F ^a   Hersi, Ahmad ^a   Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^b,c   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^d   Alfaleh, Hussam ^a   Alsaif, Shukri ^e   Almahmeed, Wael ^b   Asaad, Nidal ^f   Amin, Haitham ^g   Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^h   Al Lawati, Jawad ⁱ   Suwaidi, Jassim Al ^f  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^e Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^f HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^g BAHRAIN DEFENCE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

^h Sana's University   (Yemen)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

conservative medical management; coronary artery disease; Gulf RACE 2; Middle East; non ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome; registry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEPARIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BLEEDING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; YEMEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856041227     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319711409200     Document Type: Article

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