Does hormonal status influence the clinical presentation of acute coronary syndromes in women?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 695-702

  Méthot, Julie ^a,b   Hamelin, Bettina A ^a,b   Bogaty, Peter ^a   Arsenault, Marie ^a   Plante, Sylvain ^a   Poirier, Paul ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; CREATINE KINASE MB; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4644320665     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2004.13.695     Document Type: Article

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