Gender differences in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Tavris, Dale ^a   Shoaibi, Azadeh ^a   Chen, Anita Y ^c   Uchida, Takahiro ^b   Roe, Matthew T ^c   Chen, Jiping ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649254220     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20691     Document Type: Article

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