Are predictors for myocardial infarction the same for women and men when evaluated prior to hospital admission?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-247

  Svensson, L ^a   Nordlander, R ^a   Axelsson, C ^b   Herlitz, J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Pre hospital prognosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748710425     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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