Male Gender and Arterial Hypertension are Plaque Predictors at Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Background: Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) is one of the main risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), in addition to male gender. Differences in coronary artery lesions between hypertensive and normotensive individuals of both genders at the Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CC...

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Main Authors: Joselina Luzia Menezes Oliveira, Mario Hiroyuki Hirata, Amanda Guerra de Moraes Rego Sousa, Fabíola Santos Gabriel, Thiago Dominguez Crespo Hirata, Irlaneide da Silva Tavares, Luiza Dantas Melo, Fabiana de Santana Dória, Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa, Ibraim Masciarelli Francisco Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2015-05-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015000500009&lng=en&tlng=en