Sex-related characteristics in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndromes - The Greek Study of Acute Coronary Syndromes (GREECS)

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Kourlaba, Georgia ^b   Mantas, Yannis ^c   Zombolos, Spyros ^c   Kogias, Yannis ^c   Antonoulas, Antonis ^c   Stravopodis, Petros ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Greece; GREECS study; Risk factors; Sex specific distribution

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33947577617     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-006-0932-2     Document Type: Article

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