Are there sex differences in in-hospital mortality following a first acute myocardial infarction?
The study highlights potential sex-related biases in the management and admission to specialized care units for patients with a first acute myocardial infarction.
Our study stresses the need to reappraise decision making in patient selection for admission to specialised care units, whilst raising awareness of possible sex-related bias in management of patients diagnosed with an AMI.
Mnatzaganian et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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