Young hispanic women experience higher in-hospital mortality following an acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Rodriguez, Fátima ^a   Foody, JoAnne M ^b,c   Wang, Yun ^d   López, Lenny ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Disparities; Outcomes; Race ethnicity; Sex based differences

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85006210883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002089     Document Type: Article

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