01 Cardiovascular disease CAD Clinical
Cardiovascular disease: CAD
Clinical
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patient with chronic history of steroid abuse: a case report. Malaysian
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Treatment
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Clinical
Practice
Guidelines:
Management
of
Unstable
Angina/Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (UA/NSTEMI). 2011;.
2. Anonymous Clinical
Practice
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Acute
ST
Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) - (2nd Edition). Ministry
of Health Malaysia 2007;.
3. Gunn J, Crossman D, Grech ED, et al. New developments in percutaneous
coronary
intervention.
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4. Hassan Y, Kassab Y, Abd Aziz N, et al. The impact of pharmacist-initiated
interventions in improving acute coronary syndrome secondary prevention
pharmacotherapy
prescribing
upon
discharge.
J
Clin
Pharm
Ther
2013;38(2):97-100
5. Kamaliah MD, Sanjay LD. Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure following
a switchover of therapy between two fibric acid derivatives. Singapore
Med J 2001;42(8):368-372 http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/4208/4208a5.pdf.
6. Kassab YW, Hassan Y, Aziz NA, et al. Use of evidence-based therapy for
the secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in Malaysian
practice. J Eval Clin Pract 2013;19(4):658-663.
7. Kim HS, Wu Y, Lin SJ, et al. Current status of cholesterol goal attainment
after statin therapy among patients with hypercholesterolemia in Asian
countries and region: the Return on Expenditure Achieved for Lipid
Therapy in Asia (REALITY-Asia) study. Curr Med Res Opin 2008;24(7):19511963.
8. Koh AS, Khin LW, Choi LM, et al. Percutaneous coronary intervention in
Asians--are there differences in clinical outcome? BMC Cardiovasc Disord
2011;11:22-2261-11-22.
9. Lee YY, Tee MH, Zurkurnai Y, et al. Thrombolytic failure with streptokinase
in acute myocardial infarction using electrocardiogram criteria. Singapore
Med J 2008;49(4):304-310
http://smj.sma.org.sg/4904/4904a5.pdf.
10.Noraida MS, Azmi S, Rosnani H. Bleeding risk factors with enoxaparin for
patients with NSTEMI / UA in HUKM. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia
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patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by using Adenosine Diposphate
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ST-elevation myocardial infarction outcomes in Malaysia. Am J Cardiol
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