Primary angioplasty in women: Data from the Portuguese Registry of Interventional Cardiology

Aims: Although mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is higher in women than in men, there is disagreement as to whether gender is an independent risk factor for mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Our aim was to assess how gender influenced short-ter...

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Main Authors: Rita Calé, Lídia de Sousa, Hélder Pereira, Marco Costa, Manuel de Sousa Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204914001378