Difference in the case-fatality rate of acute myocardial infarction between men and women submitted to primary angioplasty;Diferença de letalidade hospitalar do infarto agudo do miocárdio entre homens e mulheres submetidos a angioplastia primária

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 587-590

  Passos, Luiz Carlos Santana ^a   Lopes, Antonio Alberto ^b   Esteves, Fábio Peroba ^b   De Oliveira Santos, Fabiano Marins ^b  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Case fatality rate; Primary coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032175425     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x1998001000005     Document Type: Article

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