Narrowing gender differences in procedure use for acute myocardial infarction: Insights from the Worcester heart attack study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 423-431

  Harrold, Leslie R ^a   Esteban, Julian ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Myocardial infarction; Procedures

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038300740     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20929.x     Document Type: Article

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