The evaluation of chest pain in women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1311-1315

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Ginsburg E, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030590027     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605163342007     Document Type: Review

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