Author's response to reviews Title: Immediate and One-Year Outcome of Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome Complicated by Stroke: Findings from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2) Authors:
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Jassim Al Suwaidi ([email protected]) Khalid Al Habib ([email protected]) Nidal Asaad ([email protected]) Rajvir Singh ([email protected]) Ahmad Hersi ([email protected]) Husam Al Falaeh ([email protected]) Shukri Al Saif ([email protected]) Ahmed Al-Motarreb ([email protected]) Wael Almahmeed ([email protected]) Kadhim Sulaiman ([email protected]) Haitham Amin ([email protected]) Jawad Al-Lawati ([email protected]) Norah Q. Al-Sagheer ([email protected]) Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali ([email protected]) Amar Salaam ([email protected])
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In-hospital complications and 1-year outcome of acute coronary syndrome in patients with hypertension: findings from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Cardiac Events.
Using data from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2) in 2008-09 we investigated the in-hospital complications and 1-year outcome of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with systemic hypertension from 6 Gulf countries. Of 7847 consecutive patients admitted with ACS, 3746 (47.7%) had hypertension. Hypertension was more prevalent in women, in Arabs than non-Arabs and ...
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