Is female sex an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction?

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether female sex is a factor independently related to in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: Of 600 consecutive patients (435 males and 165 females) with acute myocardial infarction, we studied 13 demographic and clinical variables obtained at the time...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia 2001-07, Vol.77 (1), p.44-50
Hauptverfasser:	Pimenta, Lúcia, Bassan, Roberto, Potsch, Alfredo, Soares, José Francisco, Albanesi Filho, Francisco Manes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute myocardial infarction CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS female sex in-hospital mortality
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Zusammenfassung:	OBJECTIVE: To assess whether female sex is a factor independently related to in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: Of 600 consecutive patients (435 males and 165 females) with acute myocardial infarction, we studied 13 demographic and clinical variables obtained at the time of hospital admission through uni- and multivariate analysis, and analyzed their relation to in-hospital death. RESULTS: Females were older (p
ISSN:	0066-782X 1678-4170 0066-782X 1678-4170
DOI:	10.1590/S0066-782X2001000700004