Sex, death, and the diagnosis gap

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 740-742

  Merz, C Noel Bairey ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Editorials; Myocardial infarction; Sex

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIALS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84907597789     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011800     Document Type: Review

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