Identifying women with severe angiographic coronary disease

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-74

  Kreatsoulas, C ^a,b   Natarajan, M K ^a,b,c   Khatun, R ^a,b   Velianou, J L ^a,b,c   Anand, S S ^a,b,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hamilton Health Sciences   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angina; Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Gender; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77953508186     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2009.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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