Sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 226-230

  Steingart, Richard M ^a   Coglianese, Mary Ellen ^a   Katz, Stanley ^a   Kantrowitz, Niki E ^a   Hamm, Peggy ^b   Moyé, Lem ^b   Packer, Milton ^c   Sollano, Josephine ^c   Kukin, Marrick L ^c   Gersh, Bernard ^d   Geltman, Edward M ^e   Basta, Lofty L ^f   Lewis, Sandra J ^g   Gottlieb, Stephen S ^h   Bernstein, Victoria ⁱ   Mcewan, Patricia ^j   Jacobson, Kirk ^k   Brown, Edward J ^l   Pfeffer, Marc A ^m  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Tulsa Eye Center   (United States)

^g Oregon Heart Institute ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j Wellesley Hosp Research Institute   (United States)

^k Hospice of Sacred Heart   (United States)

^l STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0025887126     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199107253250402     Document Type: Article

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