Women, Cardiac Syndrome X, and Microvascular Heart Disease

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Arthur, Heather M ^a,b   Campbell, Pat ^c   Harvey, Paula J ^d   McGillion, Michael ^e   Oh, Paul ^e   Woodburn, Elizabeth ^f   Hodgson, Corinne ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ECHO: Improving Women's Health in Ontario   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; METFORMIN;

ANALGESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BASIC RESEARCH; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COUNTERPULSATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYNDROME X; THORAX PAIN;

CANADA; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MICROVESSELS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME;

EID: 84858325508     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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