Sex Differences in Carotid Plaque and Stenosis
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 35 (2) , 477-481
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000110981.96204.64
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Women are relatively protected from cardiovascular events; they are 3 times as likely as men to survive to age 90 years. Although clinical trials show an excess of thromboti...Keywords
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