Comparison of men versus women in cross-sectional area luminal narrowing, quantity of plaque, presence of calcium in plaque, and lumen location in coronary arteries by intravascular ultrasound in patients with stable angina pectoris

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1601-1605

  Kornowski, Ran ^a   Lansky, Alexandra J ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Bucher, Theresa A ^a   Popma, Jeffrey J ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030837999     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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