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Atherosclerotic and Non-Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease in Women.
Current medicinal chemistry - 1 Jan 2015
Kolovou Genovefa, Kolovou Vana, Koutelou Maria, Mavrogeni Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerotic Coronary heart disease (CHD) and non-atherosclerotic CHD in individuals less than 50 years of age is considered a "men's case". Undoubtedly, premenopausal women develop atherosclerotic/non-atherosclerotic CHD relatively rarely compared with men. This is attributed mostly to the cardioprotective role of estrogens (mainly estradiol). Nevertheless, there are predisposing conditions, which also make...
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