Sex differences in the coronary system

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1065, Issue , 2018, Pages 257-278

  Taqueti, Viviany R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary flow reserve; Coronary microvascular dysfunction; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Ischemic heart disease; Nonobstructive coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ANIMAL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85051277676     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77932-4_17     Document Type: Chapter

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