TY - JOUR T1 - Sex as a determinant of prehospital ECG in ST- and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction patients JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1817 LP - 1818 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306412 VL - 100 IS - 22 AU - Kristina Klerdal AU - Christoph Varenhorst AU - Stefan James AU - Lars Alfredsson AU - Hans Blomberg AU - Tahereh Moradi Y1 - 2014/11/15 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/100/22/1817.abstract N2 - We read the article by Quinn et al1 on the effects of prehospital 12-lead ECG (PHECG) on processes of care and mortality with great interest. The authors conclude that when a PHECG was used, patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction had better survival compared with those without. Interestingly, among the determinants associated with PHECG use, the authors identify female patients to be less likely to have a PHECG than male patients.When the authors discuss possible explanations to the sex differences in PHECG use, they suggest that the predominately male … ER -