Cardiovascular
Researchers from Ohio State University, Department of Internal Medicine describe findings in cardiovascular
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 1st, 2010
A report, 'Gender-related differences in coronary artery dimensions: a volumetric analysis,' is newly published data in Clinical Cardiology. According to recent research from the United States, "Women consistently have poorer revascularization outcomes and more coronary vascular complications compared to men. This has been attributed to smaller coronary arteries, though limited data exist to support this assumption."
"By using volumetric data obtained from multidetector cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT), we sought to determine to what extent gender influences coronary artery dimensions and test the hypothesis that women would have smaller coronary...
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