Gender differences in clinical presentation and management of patients with acute coronary syndrome in Southwest of Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-141

  Assiri, Abdullah S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Gender bias; Management

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 79958257821     PISSN: 10167315     EISSN: 22125043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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