Sex-related trends in mortality in hospitalized men and women after myocardial infarction between 1985 and 2008: Equal benefit for women and men

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2184-2189

  Nauta, Sjoerd T ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^a   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Martijn Akkerhuis, K ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

myocardial infarction; prognosis; sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868194881     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.113811     Document Type: Review

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