Gender differences in presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes for patients with ami in a lower-middle income country: Evidence from egypt

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Butala, Neel M ^a   Desai, Mayur M ^a,b,c   Linnander, Erika L ^b   Wong, Y Rex ^b   Mikhail, Daoud G ^c   Ott, Lesli S ^c   Spertus, John A ^d,e   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Aaty, Ahmed Abdel ^f   Abdelfattah, Alia ^g   Gamal, Ayman ^h   Kholeif, Hatem ⁱ   Baz, Mohamed El ⁱ   Allam, A H ⁱ   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h Medinat Nasr Hospital   (Egypt)

ⁱ AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ECONOMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054078471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025904     Document Type: Article

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