Women and men with stable coronary artery disease have similar clinical outcomes: Insights from the international prospective CLARIFY registry

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2831-2840

  Steg, Ph Gabriel ^a,b,c   Greenlaw, Nicola ^d   Tardif, Jean Claude ^e   Tendera, Michal ^f   Ford, Ian ^d   Kääb, Stefan ^g   Abergel, Hélène ^a,b,c   Fox, Kim M ^h   Ferrari, Roberto ⁱ  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD; CLARIFY; Gender; Prognosis; Registry; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IVABRADINE; NITRATE; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84869146976     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs289     Document Type: Article

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