Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
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ndra L. Blomkalns, MD,* Anita Y. Chen, MS,† Judith S. Hochman, MD,‡ ric D. Peterson, MD, MPH,† Kelly Trynosky, RN,§ Deborah B. Diercks, MD, erard X. Brogan, JR, MD,¶ William E. Boden, MD,# Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS,† . Magnus Ohman, MD,** W. Brian Gibler, MD,* L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS,† or the CRUSADE Investigators incinnati, Ohio; Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; New York and Manhasset, New York; phrata, Pennsylvania; Sacramento, California; and Hartford, Connecticut
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