Severity of cardiovascular disease in women: Relation with exposure to endogenous estrogen

Maturitas

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Saltiki, Katerina ^a   Doukas, Charalambos ^a   Kanakakis, John ^a   Anastasiou, Eleni ^a   Mantzou, Emily ^a   Alevizaki, Maria ^a  

^a Evgenidion Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary; Estrogen; Menarche; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANGINA;

EID: 33746326116     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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