Treatment and outcome in acute myocardial infarction in a community in relation to gender

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Dellborg, Mikael ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Evander, Maria Haglid ^a   Hartford, Marianne ^a,c   Perers, Elisabeth ^a   Caidahl, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Gender; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349121308     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.065     Document Type: Article

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