Coronary angioplasty in women: Sex differences in risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, clinical presentation and coronary anatomical size assessed by intravascular ultrasound;L'angioplastica coronarica nella donna: Fattori di rischio e differenze dell'anatomia coronarica legate al sesso valutate con ecografia intravascolare

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-77

  Petronio, Anna Sonia ^a   Musumeci, Giuseppe ^a   Limbruno, Ugo ^a   Baglini, Roberto ^a   Amoroso, Giovanni ^a   Merelli, Antonella ^a   Mariani, Mario ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Intracoronary ultrasound; Intravascular ultrasound; Three dimensional intracoronary echography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036202331     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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