Sex-Based Analysis of Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated Predominantly With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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- 9 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 287 (2) , 210-215
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.2.210
Abstract
In the last 20 years, cardiovascular disease has caused more deaths among women than among men.1 Furthermore, from 1979 through 1998, mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the United States has steadily decreased in men but has remained relatively constant and even increased in women.1Keywords
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