The joint contribution of sex, age and type of myocardial infarction on hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 895-899

  Champney, K P ^a   Frederick, P D ^b   Bueno, H ^c   Parashar, S ^a   Foody, J ^d   Merz, C N B ^e   Canto, J G ^f   Lichtman, J H ^g   Vaccarino, V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ovation Research Group   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Watson Clinic   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549107793     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.155804     Document Type: Article

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