Acute myocardial infarction - Are women different?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-5

  Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 13844315326     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00102.x     Document Type: Editorial

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