Clinical profile and long-term prognosis of women ≤50 years of age referred for coronary angiography for evaluation of chest pain

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 806-809

  Gurevitz, Osnat ^a   Jonas, Michael ^a   Boyko, Valentina ^a   Rabinowitz, Babeth ^a   Reicher Reiss, Henrietta ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034176697     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00871-1     Document Type: Article

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