Gender bias in women with myocardial infarction: Ten years after;Desigualdad de esfuerzo terapéutico en mujeres con infarto agudo de miocardio: 10 Años después

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Calvo Embuena, R ^a   Gonzalez Monte C ^a   Latour Perez J ^b   Benitez Parejo J ^c   Lacueva Moya, V ^a   Broch Porcar, M J ^a   Ferrandis Badia S ^a   Lopez Camps V ^a   Parra Rodriguez V ^a   Gomez Martinez E ^a   Garcia Garcia M A ^a   Arizo Leon D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SAGUNTO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Fibrynolisis; Gender bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 56049116057     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(08)76210-7     Document Type: Article

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