Women, coronary artery disease and percutaneous coronary intervention: Still the same after all these years?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 434-436

  Gruberg, Luis ^a,b   Beyar, Rafael ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Women

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ISRAEL; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038340373     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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