Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Data from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)

Abdulla Shehab; Bayan Al-Dabbagh; Khalid F. AlHabib; Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali; Wael Almahmeed; Kadhim Sulaiman; Ahmed Al-Motarreb; Nicolaas Nagelkerke; Jassim Al Suwaidi; Ahmad Hersi; Hussam Al Faleh; Nidal Asaad; Shukri Al Saif; Haitham Amin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055508

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Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Data from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)

Abdulla Shehab ,

* E-mail: a.shehab@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Bayan Al-Dabbagh,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Khalid F. AlHabib,

Affiliation King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali,

Affiliations Heart and Vascular Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Wael Almahmeed,

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Kadhim Sulaiman,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Ahmed Al-Motarreb,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Sana’s University, Sana’a, Yemen
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Nicolaas Nagelkerke,

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Jassim Al Suwaidi,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar
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Ahmad Hersi,

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Hussam Al Faleh,

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Nidal Asaad,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar
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Shukri Al Saif,

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Saud Al-Babtain Cardiac Center, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Haitham Amin

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Center, Manama, Bahrain
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Gender Disparities in the Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Data from the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)

Abdulla Shehab,
Bayan Al-Dabbagh,
Khalid F. AlHabib,
Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali,
Wael Almahmeed,
Kadhim Sulaiman,
Ahmed Al-Motarreb,
Nicolaas Nagelkerke,
Jassim Al Suwaidi,
Ahmad Hersi

Published: February 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055508

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