American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 182-189 , 15 July 2009

Predictors of Six-Month Major Adverse Cardiac Events in 30-Day Survivors After Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry)

  • Jang Hoon Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Hun Sik Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Shung Chull Chae, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 82-53-420-5527; fax: 82-53-426-2959
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  • Yongkeun Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Dong Heon Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Myung Ho Jeong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Jo Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Kee-Sik Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Seung Ho Hur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University, Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • In Whan Seong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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  • Taek Jong Hong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan, Republic of Korea
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  • Myeong Chan Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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  • Chong Jin Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Jae Eun Jun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Wee Hyun Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators

      Affiliations

    • Investigators of the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (KAMIR) are listed in the Appendix.

Received 20 December 2008 ,Revised 3 March 2009 ,Accepted 3 March 2009.

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 Drs. Jang Hoon Lee and Hun Sik Park contributed equally to this article.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00729-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.010

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 2 , Pages 182-189 , 15 July 2009

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