Management and outcomes of elderly women and men with acute coronary syndromes in 2000 and 2002

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1521-1526

  Moriel, Mady ^a   Behar, Shlomo ^b   Tzivoni, Dan ^a   Hod, Hanoch ^b   Boyko, Valentina ^b   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^b,c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044482901     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.13.1521     Document Type: Article

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