Performance of the GRACE scores in a New Zealand acute coronary syndrome cohort

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 1960-1966

  Lin, Aaron ^a   Devlin, Gerry ^b   Lee, Mildred ^a   Kerr, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84922480219     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306062     Document Type: Article

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