American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 6 , Pages 1012-1017 , December 2002

Symptom presentation of acute myocardial infarction: Influence of sex, age, and risk factors

  • Viktor Čulić, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School in Split, Clinical Hospital Split Split, Croatia
    • ,
  • Davor Eterović, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Medical School in Split, Split, Croatia
    • ,
  • Dinko Mirić, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School in Split, Clinical Hospital Split Split, Croatia
    • ,
  • Nardi Silić, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School in Split, Clinical Hospital Split Split, Croatia

Received 30 October 2001 ,Accepted 10 April 2002.

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☆ Reprint requests: Dinko Mirić, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Clinical Hospital Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, Croatia.

PII: S0002-8703(02)00225-9

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.125625

American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 6 , Pages 1012-1017 , December 2002

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