Patterns and loss of sexual activity in the year following hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (a United States national multisite observational study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1439-1444

  Lindau, Stacy Tessler ^a   Abramsohn, Emily ^b   Gosch, Kensey ^c   Wroblewski, Kristen ^a   Spatz, Erica S ^d   Chan, Paul S ^c,e   Spertus, John ^c,e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Saint Luke's Mid America Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860467687     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.01.355     Document Type: Article

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