Gender differences in time to presentation for myocardial infarction before and after a national women's cardiovascular awareness campaign: A temporal analysis from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress ADverse Outcomes with Early Implementation (CRUSADE) and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Owen, Kelly P ^a   Kontos, Michael C ^b   Blomkalns, Andra ^c   Chen, Anita Y ^d   Miller, Chadwick ^e   Wiviott, Stephen ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77955729280     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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