Symptoms of angina pectoris increase the probability of disability pension and premature exit from the workforce even in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 3294-3303

  Jespersen, Lasse ^a   Abildstrøm, Steen Z ^a   Hvelplund, Anders ^b,c   Galatius, Søren ^c   Madsen, Jan K ^c   Pedersen, Frants ^d   Højberg, Søren ^a   Prescott, Eva ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Disability pension; Gender; Stable angina; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY PENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PENSION; PREMATURE EXIT FROM THE WORKFORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISABILITY PENSION; GENDER; STABLE ANGINA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, STABLE; CORONARY STENOSIS; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84890537964     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht395     Document Type: Article

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