Gender differences in the clinical presentation to the emergency department for chest pain

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-373

  Boccardi, Lidia ^a,b   Verde, Monica ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary heart disease; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0642346244     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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