Differences between men and women in-hospital mortality and procedure utilization in acute myocardial infarction [1];Diferencias entre varones y mujeres respecto a la mortalidad hospitalaria y la utilización de procedimientos en el infarto agudo de miocardio [1]

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 1, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 77-78

  Monteagudo Piqueras, Olga ^a   Sarría Santamera, Antonio ^b  

^a Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Arrixaca   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645121843     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13084138     Document Type: Letter

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