Age and gender differences in quality of care and outcomes for patients with st-segment elevation myocardial infarction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1000-1009

  Bangalore, Sripal ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Hellkamp, Anne S ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Laskey, Warren ^d   Peacock, W Frank ^e   Cannon, Christopher P ^f   Schwamm, Lee H ^g   Bhatt, Deepak L ^h  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Young

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866492351     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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