Diagnosing and characterizing coronary artery disease in women: Developments in noninvasive and invasive imaging techniques

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 740-751

  Ng, Vivian G ^a   Meller, Stephanie ^a   Shetty, Suchith ^b   Lansky, Alexandra J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRIFFIN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Imaging techniques; Women

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84885621632     PISSN: 19375387     EISSN: 19375395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12265-013-9500-1     Document Type: Article

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