Sex differentiation with regard to coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-11

  Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos A ^a   Stamou, Maria I ^b   Baikoussis, Nikolaos G ^c   Goudevenos, John ^a   Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Cardiac Surgery Department   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Myocardium; Pathophysiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 2; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; Q WAVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84880045289     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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