Gender and willingness to undergo invasive cardiac procedures

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 122-125

  Saha, Somnath ^a   Stettin, Glen D ^b   Redberg, Rita F ^c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LLC ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery bypass; Patient acceptance of health care; Percutaneous coronary; Sex; Transluminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033048038     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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