Gender and age differences in chief complaints of acute myocardial infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study)

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Milner, KA
Vaccarino, V
Arnold, AL
Funk, M
Goldberg, RJ
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[1] Yale Univ, Sch Nursing, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Sch Med, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[3] Univ Massachusetts, Sch Med, Worcester, MA 01605 USA
[4] Emory Univ, Sch Med, Div Cardiol, Dept Med, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 2004年 / 93卷 / 05期
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10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.028
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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We examined gender and age differences for chief symptom complaints in a population-based sample of 881 women (43%) and 1, 192 men (57%) hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), Women, in particular older women, were less likely than men to have a chief complaint of chest pain associated with AMI. Overall, a large proportion of women and men whose AMI was ultimately diagnosed did not present with chest pain as their chief complaint. (C)2004 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
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