Influence of female sex on long-term mortality after acute coronary syndromes treated by percutaneous coronary intervention: A cohort study of 7304 patients

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 183-190

  Pain, Thomas E ^a   Jones, Daniel A ^a,b   Rathod, Krishnaraj S ^a   Gallagher, Sean M ^a   Knight, Charles J ^a   Mathur, Anthony ^a,b   T Rothman, Martin ^a   Jain, Ajay K ^a   Wragg, Andrew ^a,b  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; early invasive strategy; myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention; sex; women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876415197     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32835d75f0     Document Type: Article

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