Women have less severe and extensive coronary atherosclerosis in fatal cases of ischemic heart disease: An autopsy study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 681-688

  Smilowitz, Nathaniel R ^a   Sampson, Barbara A ^b   Abrecht, Christopher R ^a   Siegfried, Jonathan S ^a   Hochman, Judith S ^a   Reynolds, Harmony R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79953693258     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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