Symptoms of a first acute myocardial infarction in women and men

Gender Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 454-462

  Berg, Johanna ^a   Björck, Lena ^a   Dudas, Kerstin ^a   Lappas, George ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chest pain; myocardial infarction; signs and symptoms; women

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NAUSEA; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70350077414     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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