Myocardial Infarction: Sex Differences in Symptoms Reported to Emergency Dispatch

References

• Jacobs AK, Antman EM, Faxon DP, Gregory T, Solis P. Development of systems of care for ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: executive summary. Circulation. 2007;116:217–30.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tubaro M, Danchin N, Goldstein P, Pre-hospital treatment of STEMI patients. A scientific statement of the Working Group Acute Cardiac Care of the European Society of Cardiology. Acute Card Care. 2011;13:56–67.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Brodie BR, Stuckey TD, Wall TC, Importance of time to reperfusion for 30-day and late survival and recovery of left ventricular function after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998;32:1312–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kushner FG, Hand M, Smith SC, 2009 focused updates: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (updating the 2004 guideline and 2007 focused update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI guidelines on percutaneous coronary intervention (updating the 2005 guideline and 2007 focused update). Circulation. 2009;120:2271–306.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Connor RE, Brady W, Brooks SC, Part 10: acute coronary syndromes. Circulation. 2010;122(18 suppl 3):S787–S817.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aroney CN, Aylward P, Kelly A, Chew DPB, Clune E. Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006. Med J Aust. 2006;184(8):S1–S30.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheskes S, Turner L, Foggett R, Paramedic contact to balloon in less than 90 minutes: a successful strategy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction bypass to primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a Canadian emergency medical system. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2011;15:490–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goldberg RJ, Kramer DG, Yarzebski J, Lessard D, Gore JM. Prehospital transport of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective. Heart Lung. 2008;37:266–74.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mathews R, Peterson ED, Li S, Use of emergency medical service transport among patients with ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction: findings from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment Intervention Outcomes Network Registry—get with the guidelines. Circulation. 2011;124:154–63.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nguyen H, Saczynski J, Gore J, Goldberg R. Age and sex differences in duration of prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction a systematic review. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010;3:82–92.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Herlitz J, Wireklintsundstrom B, Bang A, Berglund A, Svensson L, Blomstrand C. Early identification and delay to treatment in myocardial infarction and stroke: differences and similarities. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2010;18:48.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coronado BE, Pope JH, Griffith JL, Beshansky JR, Selker HP. Clinical features, triage, and outcome of patients presenting to the ED with suspected acute coronary syndromes but without pain: a multicenter study. Am J Emerg Med. 2004;22:568–74.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Canto JG, Goldberg RJ, Hand MM, Symptom presentation of women with acute coronary syndromes. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:2405–13.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Coventry LL, Finn J, Bremner AP. Sex differences in symptom presentation in acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Lung. 2011;40:477–91.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gartner C, Walz L, Bauernschmitt E, Ladwig K. The causes of prehospital delay in myocardial infarction. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2008;105:286–91.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stats Talk WA. Squeezed: Perth's middle age spread. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra. 2010. Available at: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/ [email protected]/Previousproducts/1304.5Main%20Features7Mar% 202010?opendocument&tabname = Summary&prodno=1304. 5&issue=Mar%202010&num=&view=. Accessed October 7, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population by age and sex, regions of Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra. 2010. Available at: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/ [email protected]/Products/3235.0∼2010∼Main+Features∼Western+ Australia?OpenDocument. Accessed September 21, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• St. John Ambulance Western Australia. Belmont. 2011. Available at: www.ambulance.net.au/. Accessed March 14, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• Western Australian Department of Health. Emergency department data collection: data dictionary, version 1. East Perth. 2007. Available at: http://www.health.wa.gov.au/ healthdata/docs/EDDC_dictionary.pdf. Accessed September 30, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• National Centre for Classification in Health. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM). 6th ed. Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney, 2008.
   Google Scholar
• Hwang SY, Park EH, Shin ES, Jeong MH. Comparison of factors associated with atypical symptoms in younger and older patients with acute coronary syndromes. J Korean Med Sci. 2009;24:789–94.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Milner KA, Funk M, Richards S, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM. Symptom predictors of acute coronary syndromes in younger and older patients. Nurs Res. 2001;50:233–41.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Canto JG, Rogers WJ, Goldberg RJ, , for the NI. Association of age and sex with myocardial infarction symptom presentation and in-hospital mortality. JAMA. 2012;307:813–22.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Čulić V, Mirić D, Eterović D. Correlation between symptomatology and site of acute myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol. 2001;77:163–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lichstein E, Breitbart S, Shani J, Hollander G, Greengart A. Relationship between location of chest pain and site of coronary artery occlusion. Am Heart J. 1988;115:564–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wenger N, Shaw L, Vaccarino V. Coronary heart disease in women: update 2008. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;83:37–51.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shaw L, Shaw R, Merz N, Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology–National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circulation. 2008;117:1787–801.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nguyen P, Nag D, Wu J. Sex differences in the diagnostic evaluation of coronary artery disease. J Nucl Cardiol. 2011;18:144–52.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• El-Menyar A, Zubaid M, Sulaiman K, Atypical presentation of acute coronary syndrome: a significant independent predictor of in-hospital mortality. J Cardiol. 2011;57:165–71.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arslanian-Engoren C, Engoren M. Physiological and anatomical bases for sex differences in pain and nausea as presenting symptoms of acute coronary syndromes. Heart Lung. 2010;39:386–93.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vaccarino V, Parsons L, Peterson ED, Rogers WJ, Kiefe CI, Canto J. Sex differences in mortality after acute myocardial infarction changes from 1994 to 2006. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1767–74.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kosuge M, Kimura K, Ishikawa T, Differences between men and women in terms of clinical features of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. Circ J. 2006;70:222–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Canto JG, Shlipak MG, Rogers WJ, Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and mortality among patients with myocardial infarction presenting without chest pain. JAMA. 2000;283:3223–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chughtai H, Ratner D, Pozo M, Prehospital delay and its impact on time to treatment in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:396–400.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Concannon T, Griffith J, Kent D, Elapsed time in emergency medical services for patients with cardiac complaints are some patients at greater risk for delay? Circulation. Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009;2:9–15.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grzybowski M, Zalenski R, Ross M, Bock B. A prediction model of prehospital triage of patients with suspected cardiac ischemia. J Electrocardiol. 2000;33:253–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gellerstedt M, Bång A, Andréasson E, Johansson A, Herlitz J. Does sex influence the allocation of life support level by dispatchers in acute chest pain? Am J Emerg Med. 2010;28:922–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Herlitz J, Starke M, Hansson E, Ringvall E, Karlson B, Waagstein L. Characteristics and outcome among women and men transported by ambulance due to symptoms arousing suspicion of acute coronary syndrome. Med Sci Monit. 2002;8:CR251–CR256.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• National Academies of Emergency Dispatch. Salt Lake City, Available at: http://www.emergencydispatch.org/ ResourcesEDS. Accessed December 16, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• Tymchak W, Armstrong PW, Westerhout CM, Mode of hospital presentation in patients with non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction: implications for strategic management. Am Heart J. 2011;162:436–43.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johansson I, Stromberg A, Swahn E. Ambulance use in patients with acute myocardial infarction. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2004;19:5–12.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Neely K, Norton R, Schmidt T. The strength of specific EMS dispatcher questions for identifying patients with important clinical field findings. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2000;4:322–6.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sramek M, Post W, Koster RW. Telephone triage of cardiac emergency calls by dispatchers. A prospective study. Br Heart J. 1994;71:440–5.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar