Sex differences in hospital mortality in adults with congenital heart disease: The impact of reproductive health

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Zomer, A Carla ^a,b,c   Ionescu Ittu, Raluca ^d   Vaartjes, Ilonca ^b   Pilote, Louise ^d   Mackie, Andrew S ^e   Therrien, Judith ^d   Langemeijer, Maurice M ^c   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Mulder, Barbara J M ^c   Marelli, Ariane J ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adult; congenital heart disease; hospitalization; mortality; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879375627     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.056     Document Type: Article

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