Symptoms of Men and Women Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1177-1181

  Arslanian Engoren, Cynthia ^a   Patel, Amisha ^b   Fang, Jianming ^b   Armstrong, David ^c   Kline Rogers, Eva ^b   Duvernoy, Claire S ^b   Eagle, Kim A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NAUSEA; PAIN; SEX FACTORS; SWEATING; SYNDROME;

EID: 33750035492     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.05.049     Document Type: Article

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