Presentations of acute myocardial infarction in men and women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Zucker, Deborah R ^a   Griffith, John L ^a   Beshansky, Joni R ^a   Selker, Harry P ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction (AMI); congestive heart failure (CHF); emergency department (ED); gender; presentation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030998580     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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