Better long-term survival in young and middle-aged women than in men after a first myocardial infarction between 1985 and 2006. an analysis of 8630 patients in the Northern Sweden MONICA Study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is conflicting and only scant evidence on the effect of gender on long-term survival after a myocardial infarction (MI). Our aim was to analyse sex-specific survival of patients for up to 23 years after a first MI in northern S...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lundblad Dan, Jansson Jan-Håkan, Isaksson Rose-Marie, Näslund Ulf, Zingmark Karin, Eliasson Mats
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/11/1