Age differences in the delivery of cardiac management to women versus men with acute myocardial infarction. An Evaluation of the TAMIS-II data

International Heart Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-217

  Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Masuda, Yuichiro ^a   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a   Kimata, Takaya ^a   Uemura, Kazumasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI); Gender; Lipid lowering therapy; Patterns of practice; Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645833904     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.209     Document Type: Review

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