Characteristics and outcomes of women veterans undergoing cardiac catheterization in the veterans affairs healthcare system: Insights from the VA CART Program

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages S39-S47

  Davis, Melinda B ^a,b   Maddox, Thomas M ^c,d   Langner, Paula ^c   Plomondon, Mary E ^c   Rumsfeld, John S ^c,d   Duvernoy, Claire S ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Coronary artery disease; Outcomes research; Sex; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84965083734     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001613     Document Type: Article

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