Comparison of acute myocardial infarction evolution in men and women;Infarto agudo del miocardio en Chile: Diferencias entre hombres y mujeres en su evolución y pronóstico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 785-792

  Prieto D, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Chávez S, Eduardo ^a   Corbalán H, Ramón ^a   Yovanovich S, Jorge ^a   Cumsille G, Francisco ^a   Nazzal N, Carolina ^a  

^a Soc Chilena Cardiol y Cirugia C   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030178439     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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