Marital status and outcome of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome: An observational report

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 741-748

  Hadi Khafaji, Hadi A R ^a   Al Habib, Khalid ^c   Asaad, Nidal ^b   Singh, Rajvir ^b   Hersi, Ahmad ^c   Falaeh, Husam Al ^d   Saif, Shukri Al ^e   Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^f   Almahmeed, Wael ^a   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^g   Amin, Haitham ^h   Al Lawati, Jawad ⁱ   Al Sagheer, Norah Q ^j   Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^a,k   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^b  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^f University of Sana   (Yemen)

^g ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^h BAHRAIN DEFENCE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^j Al Thawra Hospital   (Yemen)

^k TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; WIDOW;

EID: 84870927995     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22034     Document Type: Article

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