Gender differences in acute myocardial infarction: The University of Wisconsin experience

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Hendricks, Archna Sukhwal ^a   Goodman, Brian ^a,b   Stein, James H ^a,c   Carnes, Molly ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Geriatrics Section   (United States)

^c Cardiology Section   (United States)

^d WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 6744227947     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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