Gender-related differences in the presentation, management, and outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome from Oman

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Sulaiman, Kadhim ^a   Panduranga, Prashanth ^a   Al Zakwani, Ibrahim ^b,c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c Gulf Health Research   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Gender related differences; Oman; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; OMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 78649924506     PISSN: 10167315     EISSN: 22125043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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