Is there a bias against performing coronary revascularization in women?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1154-1160

  Weintraub, William S ^a,b   Kosinski, Andrzej S ^a   Wenger, Nanette K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030588410     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)90071-5     Document Type: Editorial

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