Should we improve the management of NSTEMI? Results from the population-based "acute myocardial infarction in Florence 2" (AMI-Florence 2) registry

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 725-733

  Balzi, Daniela ^a   Di Bari, Mauro ^b   Barchielli, Alessandro ^a   Ballo, Piercarlo ^c   Carrabba, Nazario ^d   Cordisco, Antonella ^b   Landini, Maria Cristina ^c   Santoro, Giovanni Maria ^e   Valente, Serafina ^b   Zuppiroli, Alfredo ^c   Marchionni, Niccolò ^b   Gensini, Gian Franco ^b  

^a Local Health Unit 10 Firenze   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Myocardial reperfusion; Prognosis; Registries

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84888306569     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0817-6     Document Type: Article

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