Assessment of sex differences in plaque morphology by coronary computed tomography angiography - Are men and women the same?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-150

  Grunau, Gilat L ^a,b   Ahmadi, Amir ^a   Rezazadeh, Saman ^a   Faraji, Reza ^b   Amid, Sima ^a   O'Connell, Tim ^a   Heilbron, Brett ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon ^a,c   Taylor, Carolyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893464403     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4496     Document Type: Article

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