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SUBMITTER: Champney KP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065924 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Champney K P KP Frederick P D PD Bueno H H Parashar S S Foody J J Merz C N B CN Canto J G JG Lichtman J H JH Vaccarino V V
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 20090115 11
<h4>Objective</h4>Younger, but not older, women have a higher mortality than men of similar age after a myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to determine whether this relationship is true for both ST elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>1057 USA hospitals participant in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction between 2000 and 2006.<h4>Patients</h4>126 172 STEMI and 235 257 NSTEMI patients.<h4>Main outcome measure< ...[more]