Sex differences in medical care and early death after acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 2803-2810

  Jneid, Hani ^a,e   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Cannon, Christopher P ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^d   Palacios, Igor F ^e   Maree, Andrew O ^e   Wells, Quinn ^e   Bozkurt, Biykem ^a   LaBresh, Kenneth A ^f   Liang, Li ^d   Hong, Yuling ^g   Newby, L Kristin ^d   Fletcher, Gerald ^h   Peterson, Eric ^d   Wexler, Laura ⁱ  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MassPro Inc   (United States)

^g AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Reperfusion; Revascularization; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEATH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249139021     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.789800     Document Type: Article

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