Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) study design

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-693

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a,b   Lorenze, Nancy P ^b   D'Onofrio, Gail ^a   Spertus, John A ^b   Lindau, Stacy T ^e   Morgan, Thomas M ^f   Herrin, Jeph ^a   Bueno, Héctor ^g   Mattera, Jennifer A ^c,d   Ridker, Paul M ^h   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Quality of care; Risk factors; Sex; Young

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650208192     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.928713     Document Type: Article

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