Health-related quality of life in premature acute coronary syndrome: Does patient sex or gender really matter?

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Leung Yinko, Sylvie S L ^a   Pelletier, Roxanne ^a   Behlouli, Hassan ^a   Norris, Colleen M ^b   Humphries, Karin H ^c,d   Pilote, Louise ^a   Karp, Igor ^e   Bacon, Simon L ^f   Cox, Jafna L ^g   Dasgupta, Kaberi ^h   Daskalopoulou, Stella S ^h   Eisenberg, Mark J ⁱ   Engert, James C ^h   Ghali, William A ^j   Khan, Nadia A ^c   Lavoie, Kim L ^k   Rabi, Doreen ^j   So, Derek ^l   Stark, Ken D ^m   Tagalakis, Vicky ⁱ   Tsadok, Meytal Avgil ^h   Thanassoulis, George ^h   Shimony, Avi ⁱ   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Angina; Cardiovascular diseases; Myocardial infarction; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATTLE ANGINA QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEKEEPING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939461646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000901     Document Type: Article

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