Observations of the treatment of women in the United States with myocardial infarction: A report from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-I

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 981-988

  Chandra, Nisha C ^a,g   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^a   Rogers, William J ^b   Tiefenbrunn, Alan J ^c   Gore, Joel M ^d   French, William J ^e   Rubison, Michael ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Southcreek Park   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RUPTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032507773     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.9.981     Document Type: Article

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