Display Settings:   Send to:  Choose Destination J Am Coll
Cardiol. 1997 Jul;30(1):141-8.  Outcome and profile of women and
men presenting with acute coronary syndromes: a report from TIMI
IIIB. TIMI Investigators. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.
Department of Medicine, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center and
Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA.
jsh4@columbia.edu    Women and men enrolled in the Thrombolysis
in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) IIIB trial of unstable angina
and non-Q wave myocardial infarction (MI) were evaluated to
determine gender differences in characteristics and outcome.
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for women
and men. However, the characteristics and outcome of women
compared with men with unstable angina and non-Q wave MI have
not been extensively studied.   The characteristics, outcomes
and proportion of 497 women and 976 men with unstable angina and
non-Q wave MI at the time of enrollment were compared. When
these proportions were noted to