Comparison of modes of death and cardiac necropsy findings in fatal acute myocardial infarction in men and women >75 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1010-1012

  Shirani, Jamshid ^a,b   Alaeddini, Jamshid ^a   Roberts, William C ^c  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034332720     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01138-3     Document Type: Article

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