Gender Differences in the Management and Prognosis of Myocardial Infarction Among Patients ≥ 65 Years of Age

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1531-1536

  Setoguchi, Soko ^a   Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Levin, Raisa ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 44649149601     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.02.033     Document Type: Article

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