Sex preferences in cardiovascular testing: The contribution of the patient-physician discussion

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 680-688

  Golden, Katie E ^a   Chang, Anna Marie ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880267546     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12169     Document Type: Article

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