Gender differences in the management and clinical outcome of stable angina

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-498

  Daly, Caroline ^a,n   Clemens, Felicity ^b   Lopez Sendon, Jose L ^c   Tavazzi, Luigi ^d   Boersma, Eric ^e   Danchin, Nicholas ^f   Delahaye, Francois ^g   Gitt, Anselm ^h   Julian, Desmond ⁱ   Mulcahy, David ^j   Ruzyllo, Witold ^k   Thygesen, Kristian ^l   Verheugt, Freek ^m   Fox, Kim M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^g LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^h Herzzentrum Luwigshafen   (Germany)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^k INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^l AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Angina; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Revascularization; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644869863     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.561647     Document Type: Article

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