Outcome and profile of women and men presenting with acute coronary syndromes: A report from TIMI IIIB

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Hochman, Judith S ^a   McCabe, Carolyn H ^b   Stone, Peter H ^b   Becker, Richard C ^c   Cannon, Christopher P ^b   Defeo Fraulini, Tia ^b   Thompson, Bruce ^d   Steingart, Richard ^e   Knatterud, Genell ^d   Braunwald, Eugene ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; OXYGEN; THALLIUM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030849617     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00107-1     Document Type: Article

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