Effect of coronary angiography on use of lipid-lowering agents in women: A report from the women's ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE) study

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1083-1088

  Bittner, Vera ^a   Olson, Marian ^b   Kelsey, Sheryl F ^b   Rogers, William J ^a   Bairey Merz, C Noel ^c   Armstrong, Kathleen ^a   Reis, Steven E ^b   Boyette, Alice ^d   Sopko, George ^e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RESIN; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034191949     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00700-1     Document Type: Article

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