Women do have an improved long-term outcome after non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes treated very early and predominantly with percutaneous coronary intervention: A prospective study in 1,450 consecutive patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-250

  Mueller, Christian ^a,b   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Roskamm, Helmut ^a   Buser, Peter ^b   Hodgson, John McB ^c   Perruchoud, Andrè P ^b   Buettner, Heinz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037125399     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01949-6     Document Type: Article

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