Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Egyptian women: 1570 BCE-2011 CE

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 570-574

  Abdelfattah, Alia ^a   Allam, Adel H ^b   Wann, Samuel ^c,d   Thompson, Randall C ^e,f   Abdel Maksoud, Goma ^g   Badr, Ibrahem ^h   Amer, Hany Abdel Rahman ⁱ   El Din, Abd El Halim Nur ^g,j   Finch, Caleb E ^k   Miyamoto, Michael I ^l,m   Sutherland, Linda ⁿ   Sutherland, James D ^o   Thomas, Gregory S ^m,p  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h Institute of Restoration   (Egypt)

ⁱ NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^j BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA   (Egypt)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

ⁿ Newport Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^o South Coast Radiologic Medical Group   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Egyptian mummies; Women's heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPNEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIFESTYLE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY STENOSIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUMMIES;

EID: 84879107891     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.01.082     Document Type: Article

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