Challenging the rules: Women's prodromal and acute symptoms of myocardial infarction

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-146

  McSweeney, Jean C ^a   Crane, Patricia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Myocardial infarction; Prodromal; Symptoms; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0034168390     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(200004)23:2<135::AID-NUR6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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