Differences between men and women in the management of unstable angina pectoris (the Guarantee Registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1145-1150

  Scirica, Benjamin M ^a   Moliterno, David J ^b   Every, Nathan R ^c   Anderson, H Vernon ^d   Aguirre, Frank V ^e   Granger, Christopher B ^f   Lambrew, Costas T ^g   Rabbani, Leroy E ^h   Arnold, Anita ⁱ   Sapp, Shelly K ^b   Booth, Joan E ^b   Ferguson, James J ^j   Cannon, Christopher P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032733020     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00525-1     Document Type: Article

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