Characteristics and outcome in acute coronary syndrome patients with and without established modifiable cardiovascular risk factors: Insights from the nationwide AMIS Plus Registry 1997-2010

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 228-236

  Erne, Paul ^a   Gutzwiller, Felix ^f   Urban, Philip ^b   Maggiorini, Marco ^d   Keller, Pierre Frédéric ^c   Radovanovic, Dragana ^e,f  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cerebrovascular events; Myocardial infarction; Re infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SMOKING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 84860595096     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337324     Document Type: Article

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