Long-term outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome and nonobstructive coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-155

  Rossini, Roberta ^a   Capodanno, Davide ^b   Lettieri, Corrado ^c   Musumeci, Giuseppe ^a   Limbruno, Ugo ^d   Molfese, Maria ^e   Spatari, Vincenzo ^e   Calabria, Paolo ^d   Romano, Michele ^c   Tarantini, Giuseppe ^f   Gavazzi, Antonello ^a   Angiolillo, Dominick J ^g  

^a PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Ferrarotto   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EPICARDIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879837780     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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