Gender and Age Differences in Chief Complaints of Acute Myocardial Infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study)

Authors

Kerry A. Milner, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow
Viola Vaccarino, Emory School of Medicine
Amy L. Arnold, Yale University
Marjorie Funk
Robert J. Goldberg, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2004

Abstract

We examined gender and age differences for chief symptom complaints in a population-based sample of 881 women (43%) and 1,192 men (57%) hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Women, in particular older women, were less likely than men to have a chief complaint of chest pain associated with AMI. Overall, a large proportion of women and men whose AMI was ultimately diagnosed did not present with chest pain as their chief complaint.

Comments

PMID: 14996588

At the time of publication Kerry Milner was affiliated with Yale University School of Nursing.

DOI

10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.028

Recommended Citation

Milner, Kerry, et. al. "Gender and Age Differences in Chief Complaints of Acute Myocardial Infarction (Worcester Heart Attack Study)." The American Journal of Cardiology 93.5 (2004): 606-608.