Sex differences in chest pain and prediction of exercise-induced ischemia

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-522

  D'Antono, Bianca ^a,b   Dupuis, Gilles ^a,b   Fleet, Richard ^a   Marchand, André ^b   Burelle, Denis ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angina; Ischemia; Pain; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; CANADA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037675170     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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