Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Large-scale observations from the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines) National Quality Improvement Initiative

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 832-837

  Blomkalns, Andra L ^a   Chen, Anita Y ^b   Hochman, Judith S ^c   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Trynosky, Kelly ^d   Diercks, Deborah B ^e   Brogan Jr , Gerard X ^f   Boden, William E ^g   Roe, Matthew T ^b   Ohman, E Magnus ^h   Gibler, W Brian ^a   Newby, L Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ephrata Community Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044366535     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.11.055     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2004 Update 2003 American Heart Association Dallas, TX
2. N.C. Chandra, R.C. Ziegelstein, W.J. Rogers Observations of the treatment of women in the United States with myocardial infarction: a report from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-I Arch Intern Med 158 1998 981 988
3. B. Lagerqvist, K. Safstrom, E. Stahle, L. Wallentin, E. Swahn FRISC II Study Group Investigators Is early invasive treatment of unstable coronary artery disease equally effective for both women and men? J Am Coll Cardiol 38 2001 41 48
4. K.A. Fox, P.A. Poole-Wilson, R.A. Henderson Interventional vs. conservative treatment for patients with unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the British Heart Foundation RITA 3 randomised trial Randomized Intervention Trial of unstable Angina Lancet 360 2002 743 751
5. The PURSUIT Trial Investigators Inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa with eptifibatide in patients with acute coronary syndromes Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy N Engl J Med 339 1998 436 443
6. J.S. Hochman, J.E. Tamis-Holland Acute coronary syndromes: does sex matter? JAMA 288 2002 3161 3164
7. R. Glaser, H.C. Herrmann, S.A. Murphy Benefit of an early invasive management strategy in women with acute coronary syndromes JAMA 288 2002 3124 3129
8. E. Boersma, R.A. Harrington, D.J. Moliterno Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of all major randomised clinical trials Lancet 359 2002 189 198
9. E. Braunwald, E.M. Antman, J.W. Beasley ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina) J Am Coll Cardiol 40 2002 1366 1374
10. J.W. Hoekstra, C.V. Pollack Jr, M.T. Roe Improving the care of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department: the CRUSADE initiative Acad Emerg Med 9 2002 1146 1155
11. M.T. Roe, E.M. Ohman, C.V. Pollack Jr Changing the model of care for patients with acute coronary syndromes Am Heart J 146 2003 605 612
12. K.Y. Liang, S.L. Zeger Longitudinal data analysis using generalized linear models Biometrika 73 1986 13 22
13. S.S. Khan, S. Nessim, R. Gray, L.S. Czer, A. Chaux, J. Matloff Increased mortality of women in coronary artery bypass surgery: evidence for referral bias Ann Intern Med 112 1990 561 567
14. J.Z. Ayanian, A.M. Epstein Differences in the use of procedures between women and men hospitalized for coronary heart disease N Engl J Med 325 1991 221 225
15. S.S. Rathore, J. Chen, Y. Wang Sex differences in cardiac catheterization: the role of physician gender JAMA 286 2001 2849 2856
16. S.C. Gan, S.K. Beaver, P.M. Houck, R.F. MacLehose, H.W. Lawson, L. Chan Treatment of acute myocardial infarction and 30-day mortality among women and men N Engl J Med 343 2000 8 15