Knowledge of heart attack symptoms in older men and women at risk for acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Tullmann, Dorothy France ^a,c   Dracup, Kathleen ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Aging; AMI symptoms; Gender; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AGING; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEARTBURN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAW PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 14644427811     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200501000-00008     Document Type: Article

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