Reconstructing angina: Cardiac symptoms are the same in women and men

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 829-831

  Kreatsoulas, Catherine ^a   Shannon, Harry S ^b   Giacomini, Mita ^b,c   Velianou, James L ^b,e   Anand, Sonia S ^b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SMOKING; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SWEATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84877743064     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.229     Document Type: Article

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