Sex differences in morphology of coronary artery plaque assessed by intravascular ultrasound

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Sheifer, Stuart E ^a   Arora, Umesh K ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^b   Weissman, Neil J ^a,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Sex; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035132726     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200102000-00003     Document Type: Article

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