Sex differences in symptom presentation associated with acute myocardial infarction: A population-based perspective

American Heart Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a,c   O'Donnell, Caitlin ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Bigelow, Carol ^b   Savageau, Judith ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0031823464     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hj.1998.v136.88874     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Goldberg RJ, Gorak EJ, Yarzebski J, Hosmer DW Jr, Dalen P, Gore JM, et al. A community-wide perspective of sex differences and temporal trends in the incidence and survival rates following acute myocardial infarction and out-of-hospital deaths due to coronary heart disease. Circulation 1993;87:1947-53.
2. Karlson BW, Herlitz J, Hartford M, Hjalmarson A. Prognosis in men and women coming to the emergency room with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial infarction. Coron Artery Dis 1993;4:761-7.
3. Lerner D, Kannel W. Patterns of coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality in the sexes: a 26-year follow-up of the Framingham population. Am Heart J 1986;111:383-90.
4. Dittrich H, Gilpin E, Nicod P, Cali G, Henning H, Ross J Jr. Acute myocardial infarction in women: influence of sex on mortality and prognostic variables. Am J Cardiol 1988;62:1-7.
5. Fiebach NH, Viscoli CM, Horwitz RI. Differences between women and men in survival after myocardial infarction: biology or methodology? JAMA 1990;263:1092-6.
6. Tofler GH, Stone PH, Muller JE, Willich SN, Davis VG, Poole K, et al., and the MILIS Study Group. Effects of sex and race on prognosis after myocardial infarction: adverse prognosis for women, particularly black women. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987;9:473-82.
7. Greenland P, Reicher-Reiss H, Goldbourt U, Behar S, and the Israeli SPRINT Investigators. In-hospital and 1-year mortality in 1524 women after myocardial infarction: comparison with 4315 men. Circulation 1991;83:484-91.
8. Leaf DA. Women and coronary artery disease. Sex confers no immunity. Postgrad Med 1990;87:55-60.
9. Silbergleit R, McNamara RM. Effect of sex on the emergency department evaluation of patients with chest pain. Acad Emerg Med 1995;2:115-9.
10. Travis C, Gressley D, Phillipps R. Medical decision making, sex and coronary heart disease. J Women's Health 1993;2:269-79.
11. Barry P. Coronary artery disease in older women. Geriatrics 1993;48(Suppl 1):4-8.
12. Cerqueira MD. Diagnostic testing strategies for coronary artery disease: special issues related to sex. Am J Cardiol 1995;75:52D-60D.
13. Beery TA. Sex bias in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. Heart Lung 1995;24:427-35.
14. Maynard C, Litwin PE, Martin JS, Weaver WD. Sex differences in the treatment and outcome of acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 1992;152:972-6.
15. Ayanian JZ, Epstein AM. Differences in the use of procedures between women and men hospitalized for coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 1991;325:221-5.
16. Steingart RM, Packer M, Hamm P, Coglianese ME, Gersh B, Geltman EM, et al., for the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement Investigators. Sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med 1991;325:226-30.
17. Chiriboga D, Yarzebski J, Goldberg RJ, Chen Z, Gurwitz J, Gore JM, et al. A community-wide perspective of sex differences and temporal trends in the use of diagnostic and revascularization procedures for acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 1993;71:268-73.
18. Pagley PR, Yarzebski J, Goldberg RJ, Chen Z, Chiriboga D, Dalen P, et al. Sex differences in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a multi-hospital, community-based perspective. Arch Intern Med 1993;153:625-9.
19. Goldberg RJ, Gore JM, Alpert JS, Dalen JE. Incidence and case fatality rates of acute myocardial infarction (1975-1984): The Worcester Heart Attack Study. Am Heart J 1988;115:761-7.
20. Chiriboga D, Yarzebski J, Goldberg RJ, Gore JM, Alpert JS. Temporal trends (1975 through 1990) in the incidence and case-fatality rates of primary ventricular fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective. Circulation 1994;89:998-1003.
21. Gold berg RJ, Gore JM, Alpert JS, Osganian V, deGroot J, Bade J, et al. Cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction: incidence and mortality from a community-wide perspective, 1975 to 1988. N Engl J Med 1991;325:1117-22.
22. Dracup K, Moser DK. Treatment-seeking behavior among those with symptoms and signs of acute myocardial infarction. Proceedings of the NHLBI Symposium on Rapid Identification and Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; September, 1991.
23. Yarzebski J, Col N, Pagley P, Savageau J, Gore JM, Goldberg RJ. Sex differences and factors associated with the receipt of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective. Am Heart J 1996;131:43-50.
24. Maynard C, Weaver WD. Treatment of women with acute MI: new findings from the MITI registry. J Myocardial Ischemia 1992;4:27-37.
25. Zucker DR, Griffith JL, Beshansky JR, Selker HP. Presentations of acute myocardial infarction in men and women. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:79-87.
26. Avis NE, Smith KW, McKinlay JB. Accuracy of perceptions of heart attack risk: what influences perceptions and can they be changed? Am J Public Health 1989;79:1608-10.
27. Niknian M, McKinlay SM, Rakowski W, Carleton RA. A comparison of perceived and objective CVD risk in a general population. Am J Public Health 1989;79:1653-5.
28. Meischke H, Eisenberg MS, Schaeffer SM, Damon SK, Larsen MP, Henwood DK. Utilization of emergency medical services for symptoms of acute myocardial infarction. Heart Lung 1995;24:11-8.
29. Kannel WB, Abbott RD. Incidence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction: an update on the Framingham Study. N Engl J Med 1984;11:1144-7.
30. Muller DW, Topol EJ. Selection of patients with acute myocardial infarction for thrombolytic therapy. Ann Intern Med 1990;113:949-54.
31. Goldberg RJ, Gurwitz J, Yarzebski J, London J, Gore JM, Alpert JS, et al. Patient delay and receipt of thrombolytic therapy among patients with acute myocardial infarction from a community-wide perspective. Am J Cardiol 1992;70:421-5.