Women and Coronary Artery Disease. Part I: Basic Considerations

Women die of cardiovascular disorders even more than a combination of breast cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer. Recent data show that while 1 out of 2.6 women die of coronary artery disease (CAD), only 1 out of 4.6 die from cancer. Whereas some studies show an in...

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Main Authors: Seyed-Hesameddin Abbasi, Seyed-Ebrahim Kassaian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/19140.pdf