Women veterans and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-618

  Wheeler, Stephanie ^a   Bowen, Jennie D ^a   Maynard, Charles ^a   Lowy, Elliot ^a   Sun, Haili ^a   Sales, Anne E ^a   Smith, Nicholas L ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INSULIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VETERAN;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 68349133786     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1073     Document Type: Article

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