Gender-based differences in the management and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome in Korea

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-568

  Yu, Hee Tae ^a   Kim, Kwang Joon ^a   Bang, Woo Dae ^a   Oh, Chang Myung ^a   Jang, Ji Yong ^a   Cho, Sung Soo ^a   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Ko, Young Guk ^a   Choi, Donghoon ^a   Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Jang, Yangsoo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Gender identity; Introduction; Korea; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79958075479     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.562     Document Type: Article

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