Sex-based differences in early mortality after myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 217-225

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Parsons, Lori ^b   Every, Nathan R ^b   Barron, Hal V ^c,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^e YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033595079     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199907223410401     Document Type: Article

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