Gender, socioeconomic position, revascularization procedures and mortality in patients presenting with STEMI and NSTEMI in the era of primary PCI. Differences or inequities?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 724-730

  Gnavi, Roberto ^a   Rusciani, Raffaella ^a   Dalmasso, Marco ^a   Giammaria, Massimo ^b   Anselmino, Monica ^c   Roggeri, Daniela Paola ^d   Roggeri, Alessandro ^a  

^a ASL TO3   (Italy)

^b MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d ProCure Solutions Sas   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial revascularization; Socioeconomic factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84908215793     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.107     Document Type: Article

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