Gender differences among patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Akhter, Nausheen ^a   Milford Beland, Sarah ^b   Roe, Matthew T ^b   Piana, Robert N ^c   Kao, John ^a   Shroff, Adhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149129767     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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