Do we diagnose and treat coronary heart disease differently in men and women?

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 154, Issue 17-18, 2004, Pages 423-425

  Fodor, J George ^a   Tzerovska, Rayka ^a   Dorner, Thomas ^b   Rieder, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Diagnostic; Gender difference; Risk factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; THALLIUM 201; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 7044260920     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-004-0093-9     Document Type: Review

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