Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive Disease

R. Taqueti, Viviany; J. Shaw, Leslee; R. Cook, Nancy; L. Murthy, Venkatesh; R. Shah, Nishant; Foster, Courtney; Hainer, Jon; Blankstein, Ron; Dorbala, Sharmila; F. Di Carli, Marcelo

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.116.023266

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Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive Disease

Published in Circulation • Nov 14, 2016

Authors:

Viviany R. Taqueti

Leslee J. Shaw

Nancy R. Cook

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) fatality rates are higher for women than for men, yet obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is less prevalent in women. Coronary flow reserve (CFR), an integrated measure of large- and small-vessel CAD and myocardial ischemia, identifies patients at risk ...

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Medicine

Cardiology

Coronary flow reserve

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