Sex differences in acute coronary syndrome in a multiethnic Asian population: Results of the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Disease Database - Acute coronary syndrome (NCVD-ACS) registry

Global Heart

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 381-390

  Lu, Hou Tee ^a   Nordin, Rusli ^a   Ahmad, Wan Azman Wan ^a   Lee, Chuey Yan ^a   Zambahari, Robaayah ^a   Ismail, Omar ^a   Liew, Houng Bang ^a   Sim, Kui Hian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DIURETIC THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MALAYSIA; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84920812419     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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