Differences in admission rates and outcomes between men and women presenting to emergency departments with coronary syndromes

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1193-1199

  Kaul, Padma ^a,b   Chang, Wei Ching ^b   Westerhout, Cynthia M ^b   Graham, Michelle M ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 36549057175     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060711     Document Type: Article

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