Cardiovascular disease and stroke in women: Role of radiology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Techasith, Tust ^b   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^a,c   Dabus, Guilherme ^a  

^a BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain CT; Brain MRI; Cardiac MRI; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary CTA; Stroke; Women

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251542717     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5739     Document Type: Review

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