Treatment and outcomes of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes in relation to initial diagnostic impressions (insights from the Canadian global registry of acute coronary events [GRACE] and Canadian registry of acute coronary events [CANRACE])

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-207

  Bajaj, Ravi R ^a,b   Goodman, Shaun G ^a,b,c   Yan, Raymond T ^b   Bagnall, Alan J ^d   Gyenes, Gabor ^e   Welsh, Robert C ^e   Eagle, Kim A ^f   Brieger, David ^g   Ramanathan, Krishnan ^h   Grondin, Francois R ⁱ   Yan, Andrew T ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CANADA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872050893     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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