Is there a clinically significant gender bias in post-myocardial infarctionpharmacological management in the older (>60) population of a primary carepractice?

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-5

  Di Cecco, Romolo ^a   Patel, Umesh ^a   Upshur, Ross E G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREJUDICE;

EID: 0346756212     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-3-8     Document Type: Article

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