Gender difference in treatment and mortality of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction admitted to Victorian public hospitals: A retrospective database study

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 196-202

  Kuhn, Lisa ^a   Page, Karen ^b   Rahman, Muhammad Aziz ^a   Worrall Carter, Linda ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Database; Equity; Gender; Mortality; Reperfusion; Retrospective; STEMI; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VICTORIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84945909674     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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