Sex Differences in Functional and CT Angiography Testing in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 2607-2616

  Pagidipati, Neha J ^a   Hemal, Kshipra ^a   Coles, Adrian ^a   Mark, Daniel B ^a   Dolor, Rowena J ^a,b   Pellikka, Patricia A ^c   Hoffmann, Udo ^d   Litwin, Sheldon E ^e   Udelson, James ^f   Daubert, Melissa A ^a   Shah, Svati H ^a,b   Martinez, Beth ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; imaging; noninvasive testing; prognosis; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CANADA; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CANADA; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HEART; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977629881     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.03.523     Document Type: Article

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