No gender differences in prognosis and preventive treatment in patients with AMI without significant stenoses

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 746-754

  Hansen, Kim Wadt ^a   Hvelplund, Anders ^a,b,c   Abildstrøm, Steen Zabell ^c,d   Prescott, Eva ^d   Madsen, Mette ^e   Madsen, Jan Kyst ^a,c   Jensen, Jan Skov ^a,e   Thuesen, Leif ^c,f   Thayssen, Per ^c,g   Tilsted, Hans Henrik ^c,h   Jørgensen, Erik ^c,i   Galatius, Søren ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Danish Heart Registry ^*  (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AMI; angiography; gender; long term prognosis; secondary medical treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871676717     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711416046     Document Type: Article

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