Evaluation of gender differences in door-to-balloon time in st-elevation myocardial infarction

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 861-869

  Dreyer, Rachel P ^a   Beltrame, John F ^a,b   Tavella, Rosanna ^a   Air, Tracy ^c   Hoffmann, Bernadette ^b   Pati, Purendra K ^a,d   Di Fiore, David ^a   Arstall, Margaret ^b   Zeitz, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Angioplasty balloon coronary methods; Female; Gender bias; Myocardial infarction; Time factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CODE TO BALLOON TIME; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DOOR TO BALLOON TIME; DOOR TO CODE TIME; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; TIME TO TREATMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885307690     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.03.078     Document Type: Article

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