Gender differences in management and outcome of acute myocardial infarctions treated in 2006-2007

Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Halvorsen, Sigrun ^a   Eritsland, Jan ^a   Abdelnoor, Michael ^a   Holst Hansen, Charlotte ^a   Risøe, Cecilie ^a   Midtbø, Kjell ^a   Bjørnerheim, Reidar ^a   Mangschau, Arild ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Gender; Mortality; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449175339     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000216582     Document Type: Article

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