Accessibility to Reperfusion Therapy among Women with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Impact on Hospital Mortality

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 882-888

  De Miguel Balsa, Eva ^a   Latour Pérez, Jaime ^a   Baeza Román, Anna ^a   Llamas Álvarez, Ana ^a   Ruiz Ruiz, Javier ^b   Fuset Cabanes, Ma Paz ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947062427     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.5011     Document Type: Article

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