Sex differences in mortality after acute myocardial infarction;Diversa incidenza della mortalità nei pazienti dei due sessi dopo infarto miocardico acuto

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 759-766

  Trappolini, Massimo ^a,c   Massimo Chillotti, Fabio ^a   Rinaldi, Roberta ^a   Trappolini, Federica ^a   Coclite, Daniela ^b   Napoletano, Antonello Mario ^b   Matteoli, Sergio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0242269806     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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