Comparison of mortality rates in women versus men presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-654

  D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio ^a   Gonella, Anna ^a   Quadri, Giorgio ^a   Longo, Giada ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^a   Moretti, Claudio ^a   Omedè, Pierluigi ^a   Sciuto, Filippo ^a   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a   Sheiban, Imad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951578632     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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