Are we using cardiovascular medications and coronary angiography appropriately in men and women with chest pain?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1331-1336

  Johnston, Nina ^a,b   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^b   Lagerqvist, Bo ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Chest pain; Coronary angiography; Gender

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79958154885     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr009     Document Type: Article

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