Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 9-16 , January 2012

Age and its relationship to acute coronary syndromes in the Saudi Project for Assessment of Coronary Events (SPACE) registry: The SPACE age study

Received 31 March 2011 ,Revised 19 June 2011 ,Accepted 1 August 2011.

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☆ The SPACE registry was managed under the auspices of the Saudi Heart Association. Dr. Khalid AlHabib (principal investigator) had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

☆☆ On behalf of SPACE co-investigators.

PII: S1016-7315(11)00209-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2011.08.001

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 9-16 , January 2012

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