American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 141-148 , January 2009

Gender differences among patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR)

  • Nausheen Akhter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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  • Sarah Milford-Beland, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Robert N. Piana, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • John Kao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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  • Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, 840 S. Wood Street Suite 926, M/C 715, Chicago, IL 60612.
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  • on behalf of the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Investigators

Received 20 June 2008 ,Accepted 12 August 2008.

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 Dr. W. Douglas Weaver served as guest editor for this manuscript.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00719-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.012

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 141-148 , January 2009

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