Sex differences in prodromal symptoms in acute coronary syndrome in patients aged 55years or younger

Background: Studies suggest that young women are at highest risk for failing to recognise early symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Objectives: To examine sex differences in prodromal symptoms occurring days and weeks prior to the acute presentation of ACS. We also examined health-seeking beh...

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Hauptverfasser: Khan, Nadia A, Daskalopoulou, Stella S, Karp, Igor, Eisenberg, Mark J, Pelletier, Roxanne, Tsadok, Meytal Avgil, Dasgupta, Kaberi, Norris, Colleen M, Pilote, Louise, Bacon, Simon, Cox, Jafna L, Engert, James, Ghali, William, Humphries, Karin, Lavoie, Kim, Rabi, Doreen, So, Derek, Stark, Ken D, Tagalakis, Vicky, Thanassoulis, George, Shimony, Avi, Ramanthan, Krishan, Kornder, Jan, Anderson, Todd, Norris, Colleen, Graham, Michelle, Natarajan, Madhu, Rokoss, Mike, Turek, Michele, Cheema, Asim, Lavi, Shahar, Roth, Sherryn, Huynh, Thao, Nguyen, Viviane, Eisenberg, Mark, Methot, Julie, Doucet, Michel, Montigny, Martine, Mansour, Samer, Lauzon, Claude, Cieza, Tomas, Nguyen, Michel, Grondin, Francois, Cox, Jafna, Fong, Peter, Menzies, Dhananjai, Rodondi, Nicolas
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