作者
Emily M Bucholz, Kelly M Strait, Rachel P Dreyer, Stacy T Lindau, Gail D’Onofrio, Mary Geda, Erica S Spatz, John F Beltrame, Judith H Lichtman, Nancy P Lorenze, Hector Bueno, Harlan M Krumholz
发表日期
2017/10/1
期刊
European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
卷号
6
期号
7
页码范围
610-622
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Aims
Young women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have a higher risk of adverse outcomes than men. However, it is unclear how young women with AMI are different from young men across a spectrum of characteristics. We sought to compare young women and men at the time of AMI on six domains of demographic and clinical factors in order to determine whether they have distinct profiles.
Methods and results
Using data from Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO), a prospective cohort study of women and men aged ⩽55 years hospitalized for AMI (n = 3501) in the United States and Spain, we evaluated sex differences in demographics, healthcare access, cardiovascular risk and psychosocial factors, symptoms and pre-hospital delay, clinical presentation, and hospital management for AMI. The study sample included …
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