Coronary collateralization shows sex and racial-ethnic differences in obstructive artery disease patients.

Coronary collateral circulation protects cardiac tissues from myocardial infarction damage and decreases sudden cardiac death. So far, it is unclear how coronary collateralization varies by race-ethnicity groups and by sex.We assessed 868 patients with obstructive CAD. Patients were assessed for col...

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Main Authors: Zhi Liu, Margaret A Pericak-Vance, Pascal Goldschmidt-Clermont, David Seo, Liyong Wang, Tatjana Rundek, Gary W Beecham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5634541?pdf=render