Gender disparity in cardiac procedures and medication use for acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 862-868

  Nguyen, John T ^a   Berger, Alan K ^a   Duval, Sue ^a   Luepker, Russell V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 42749089789     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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