Sex-based short- and long-term survival in patients following complicated myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2177-2183

  Bonarjee, Vernon V S ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^b   Snapinn, Steven M ^c   James, Margaret K ^c   Dickstein, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Early mortality; Female gender; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; WARFARIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33748784625     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl160     Document Type: Article

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