Open AccessSex Differences in Short-term and Long-term All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Intervention
Author(s) -
Samir Pancholy,
Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha,
Toralben Patel,
Lawrence J. Cheskin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4762
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , relative risk , observational study , cohort study , meta analysis , mortality rate , confidence interval
Although outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have improved in the past 2 decades, a sex disparity exists in survival, with women having higher mortality than men.
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