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Sex differences in plaque characteristics by intravascular imaging in patients with coronary artery disease

Monique ten Haaf, Melissa Rijndertse, Jin Cheng, Sanneke de Boer, Hector Garcia-Garcia, Robert‐Jan van Geuns, Evelyn Regar, Mattie Lenzen, Yolande Appelman, Eric Boersma

EuroIntervention · 2017 · 36 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Women had more favourable plaque characteristics than men, despite their worse risk profile. Long-term follow-up studies are required to evaluate the clinical consequences.

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