Is female sex an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-50

  Pimenta, Lúcia ^a,b   Bassan, Roberto ^a   Potsch, Alfredo ^a   Soares, José Francisco ^a   Albanesi Filho, Francisco Manes ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Female sex; In hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035404163     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001000700004     Document Type: Article

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