Comparison of management and 30-day mortality of acute myocardial infarction in men versus women in Estonia

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-281

  Bakler, Tiia ^a,b   Baburin, Aleksei ^c,d   Teesalu, Rein ^a,b   Rahu, Mati ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^c Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^d Estonian Centre of Excellence   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Gender; Management; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRATE; STATINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREJUDICE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942720868     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.3.2005182     Document Type: Article

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