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Gender differences in the prevalence, severity, and composition of coronary artery disease in the young: a study of 1635 individuals undergoing coronary CT angiography from the prospective, multinational confirm registry.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging - 1 May 2015
Otaki Yuka, Gransar Heidi, Cheng Victor Y, Dey Damini, Labounty Troy, Lin Fay Y, Achenbach Stephan, Al-Mallah Mouaz, Budoff Matthew J, Cademartiri Filippo, Callister Tracy Q, Chang Hyuk-Jae, Chinnaiyan Kavitha, Chow Benjamin J W, Delago Augustin, Hadamitzky Martin, Hausleiter Joerg, Kaufmann Philipp, Maffei Erica, Raff Gilbert, Shaw Leslee J, Villines Todd C, Dunning Allison, Cury Ricardo C, Feuchtner Gudrun, Kim Yong-Jin, Leipsic Jonathon, Berman Daniel S, Min James K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Prior studies examining coronary atherosclerosis in the young have been limited by retrospective analyses in small cohorts. We examined the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) and prevalence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis in a large, prospective, multinational registry of consecutive young individuals undergoing coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CCTA). METHOD...
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