A comparison of the early outcome of acute myocardial infarction in women and men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-14

  Malacrida, Roberto ^a   Genoni, Michele ^a   Maggioni, Aldo Pietro ^b   Spataro, Vito ^a   Parish, Sarah ^c   Palmer, Alison ^c   Collins, Rory ^c   Moccetti, Tiziano ^a  

^a Civic Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031964836     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199801013380102     Document Type: Article

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