Angina and cardiac care: Are there gender differences, and if so, why?

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-469

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Editorials; Prevention; Prognosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644854463     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.602284     Document Type: Editorial

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