Sex differences in coronary artery disease: Pathological observations

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 260-267

  Yahagi, Kazuyuki ^a   Davis, Harry R ^a   Arbustini, Eloisa ^b   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Menopause; Plaque erosion; Sex differences; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84921657621     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.01.017     Document Type: Review

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