Differences between male and female patients with regard to baseline demographics and clinical outcomes in the asymptomatic cardiac ischemia pilot (ACIP) trial

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-190

  Frishman, William H ^a   Gomberg Maitland, Mardi ^d   Hirsch, Herbert ^b   Catanese, James ^a   Furia Palazzo, Suzanne ^a   Mueller, Hiltrud ^a   Steingart, Richard ^b   Forman, Sandra ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiography; Gender differences; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial ischemia; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031886931     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960210310     Document Type: Article

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