Treatment and health outcomes of women and men in a cohort with coronary artery disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1545-1531

  Schwartz, Lisa M ^a   Fisher, Elliott S ^a,b   Tosteson, Anna N A ^b   Woloshin, Steven ^a   Chang, Chiang Hua ^b   Virnig, Beth A ^c   Plohman, Joy ^d   Wright, Brock ^d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

EID: 0030874323     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1997.00440350047005     Document Type: Article

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