Ischemic heart disease and primary care: Identifying gender-related differences. An observational study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cruz, Inés ^a   Serna, Catalina ^a,b   Real, Jordi ^a,b   Galindo, Gisela ^a   Gascó, Eduardo ^a   Galván, Leonardo ^c  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPAIN; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 56349106437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-60     Document Type: Article

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