American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 824-831 , November 2003

Sex differences in survival after acute myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes mellitus (Worcester Heart Attack Study)

  • Amber Crowley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Conn, USA
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  • Vandana Menon, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Care Research, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Darleen Lessard, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass, USA
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  • Jorge Yarzebski, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass, USA
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  • Elizabeth Jackson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass, USA
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  • Joel M Gore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass, USA
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  • Robert J Goldberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert J. Goldberg, PhD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.

Received 18 October 2002 ,Accepted 11 April 2003.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (RO1 HL35434).

PII: S0002-8703(03)00406-X

doi: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00406-X

American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 824-831 , November 2003

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