What do women have in their hearts?;¿Qué tienen las mujeres en el corazón?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1118-1121

  Martínez Sellés, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; MALE; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37349085050     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13111782     Document Type: Editorial

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