American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 101, Issue 9 , Pages 1239-1241 , 1 May 2008

Relation Between Blood Pressure at Hospital Discharge After an Acute Coronary Syndrome and Long-Term Survival

  • Cheuk-Kit Wong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin Public Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 643-4747980; fax: 643-4747655.
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  • Peter Herbison, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin Public Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand.
    • ,
  • Eng Wei Tang, MMed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin Public Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand

Received 12 October 2007 ,Revised 11 December 2007 ,Accepted 11 December 2007.

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PII: S0002-9149(08)00046-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.12.022

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 101, Issue 9 , Pages 1239-1241 , 1 May 2008

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