Comparison of acute coronary syndromes in men versus women ≥70 years of age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1145-1147

  Woodworth, Stephen ^a   Nayak, Devraj ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Pucillo, Anthony L ^a   Koneru, Srinivas ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037112293     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02785-6     Document Type: Article

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