Sex differences in coronary atherosclerosis: Coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasonography

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 215-221

  Hara, Hitoshi ^b   Yajima, Junji ^a   Kirigaya, Hajime ^a   Nagashima, Kazuyuki ^a   Oikawa, Yuji ^a   Sahara, Makoto ^a   Nakatsu, Yusuke ^a   Aizawa, Tadanori ^a  

^a THE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NASU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Prognosis (sex differences)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 2942677033     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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