Gender differences in therapeutic recommendation after diagnostic coronary angiography: insights from the Coronary Angiography and PCI Registry of the German Society of Cardiology

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 507-517

  Heer, Tobias ^a   Hochadel, Matthias ^b   Schmidt, Karin ^c   Mehilli, Julinda ^d   Zahn, Ralf ^c   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^e   Hamm, Christian ^f   Böhm, Michael ^g   Ertl, Georg ^h   Andresen, Dietrich ⁱ   Massberg, Steffen ^d   Senges, Jochen ^b   Pilz, Günter ^a   Gitt, Anselm K ^b,c   Zeymer, Uwe ^b,c  

^a Krankenhaus Agatharied   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^g SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Gender differences; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84929953478     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0815-6     Document Type: Article

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