Sex differences of the clinical characteristics and early management in the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-71

  Ki, Hong Lee ^a   Myung, Ho Jeong ^a   Young, Keun Ahn ^a   Jong, Hyun Kim ^a   Shung, Chull Chae ^a   Young, Jo Kim ^a   Seung, Ho Hur ^a   In, Whan Seong ^a   Taek, Jong Hong ^a   Dong, Hoon Choi ^a   Myeong, Chan Cho ^a   Chong, Jin Kim ^a   Ki, Bae Seung ^a   Wook, Sung Chung ^a   Yang, Soo Jang ^a   Jeong, Gwan Cho ^a   Seung, Jung Park ^a  

^a Korean Circulation Society   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Myocardial infarction; Sex; Stents; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 34047245966     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2007.37.2.64     Document Type: Article

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