Biology or bias: Practice patterns and long-term outcomes for men and women with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1909-1916

  Alter, D A ^a,c   Naylor, C D ^a,b,e   Austin, P C ^a,e   Tu, J V ^a,b,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037134893     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01892-2     Document Type: Article

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