Effect of risk factors on the mechanism of acute thrombosis and sudden coronary death in women

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2110-2116

  Burke, Allen P ^a   Farb, Andrew ^a   Malcom, Gray T ^b   Liang, You Hui ^a   Smialek, John ^b   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Death, sudden; Risk factors; Thrombosis; Women

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032474425     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.21.2110     Document Type: Article

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