Beyond the glass ceiling-achieving gender equity in risk stratification for cardiovascular imaging

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 924-925

  Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 80051630040     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.06.007     Document Type: Editorial

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