Coronary artery disease in women: A 2013 update

Global Heart

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-112

  Sharma, Kavita ^a   Gulati, Martha ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84880924515     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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