Sex Differences in Associations of Arterial Compliance With Coronary Artery Plaque and Calcification Burden

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease is a leading killer of women. Arterial stiffness predicts myocardial infarction, and postmenopausal women have lower arterial compliance (AC) than men. We hypothesized that lower AC would be associated with greater burden of coronary artery plaque and calcificatio...

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Autores principales: Coutinho, Thais, Yam, Yeung, Chow, Benjamin J.W., Dwivedi, Girish, Inácio, João
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5586449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28862955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006079

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5586449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28862955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006079

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