Association of age and sex with myocardial infarction symptom presentation and in-hospital mortality

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 813-822

  Canto, John G ^a   Rogers, William J ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^c   Peterson, Eric D ^d   Wenger, Nanette K ^e   Vaccarino, Viola ^e,f   Kiefe, Catarina I ^c   Frederick, Paul D ^g   Sopko, George ^h   Zheng, Zhi Jie ⁱ  

^a LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ICON Late Phase and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^h NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857422387     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.199     Document Type: Article

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