Sex Differences in Medical Care and Early Death After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Hani Jneid,
Gregg C. Fonarow,
Christopher P. Can,
Adrian F. Hernandez,
Igor F. Palacios,
Andrew O. Maree,
Quinn S. Wells,
Biykem Bozkurt,
Kenneth A. LaBresh,
Li Liang,
Yuling Hong,
L. Kristin Newby,
Gerald F. Fletcher,
Eric D. Peterson,
Laura Wexler
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.789800
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , medical care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , medical emergency
Women receive less evidence-based medical care than men and have higher rates of death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is unclear whether efforts undertaken to improve AMI care have mitigated these sex disparities in the current era.
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