Is early invasive treatment of unstable coronary artery disease equally effective for both women and men?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Lagerqvist, Bo ^a   Säfström, Kåge ^b   Ståhle, Elisabeth ^a   Wallentin, Lars ^a   Swahn, Eva ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DALTEPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0034964473     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01308-0     Document Type: Article

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