Gender differences in presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes for patients with AMI in a lower-middle income country: evidence from Egypt.

BACKGROUND: Many studies in high-income countries have investigated gender differences in the care and outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, little evidence exists on gender differences among patients with AMI in lower-middle-income countries, where the p...

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Main Authors: Neel M Butala, Mayur M Desai, Erika L Linnander, Y Rex Wong, Daoud G Mikhail, Lesli S Ott, John A Spertus, Elizabeth H Bradley, Ahmed Abdel Aaty, Alia Abdelfattah, Ayman Gamal, Hatem Kholeif, Mohamed el-Baz, A H Allam, Harlan M Krumholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192760?pdf=render