2016
Sex Differences in Clinical Profiles and Quality of Care Among Patients With ST‐Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction From 2001 to 2011: Insights From the China Patient‐Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)‐Retrospective Study
Du X, Spatz ES, Dreyer RP, Hu S, Wu C, Li X, Li J, Wang S, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Nasir K, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, Group F. Sex Differences in Clinical Profiles and Quality of Care Among Patients With ST‐Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction From 2001 to 2011: Insights From the China Patient‐Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)‐Retrospective Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e002157. PMID: 26903002, PMCID: PMC4802449, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionQuality of careEvidence-based therapiesMyocardial infarctionClinical profileHospitalization ratesST-segment elevation myocardial infarction presentationSex differencesMyocardial infarction presentationYounger age groupsProportion of womenMyocardial infarction hospitalizationsEarly aspirinHospital deathCardiac eventsHospital admissionMedian ageSymptom onsetChina PatientRetrospective studyAdmission timeHigh riskSex disparitiesPatients
1998
Sex Differences in Mortality After Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for a Sex-Age Interaction
Vaccarino V, Horwitz RI, Meehan TP, Petrillo MK, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in Mortality After Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for a Sex-Age Interaction. JAMA Internal Medicine 1998, 158: 2054-2062. PMID: 9778206, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.18.2054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionMortality rateAge groupsSex-age interactionOlder womenHigh mortalityHigher hospital mortality rateSex differencesAge group 75 yearsHospital mortality rateRetrospective cohort studyProcess of careYounger age groupsSame age groupHospital deathOlder patientsCohort studyConsecutive patientsPatient ageComorbid conditionsHospital characteristicsClinical severityMedical recordsConnecticut hospitalsHigher odds