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SUBMITTER: Pagidipati NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6294713 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pagidipati Neha J NJ Mudrick Daniel W DW Chiswell Karen K Brucker Amanda A Peterson Eric D ED Douglas Pamela S PS
American heart journal 20181002
<h4>Background</h4>Patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have worse outcomes compared with those without CAD; however, few studies have compared the intermediate- and long-term impact of CAD severity as a function of patient sex.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated 5-year and long-term all-cause mortality of women and men undergoing elective coronary angiography at a single center by degree of CAD: no CAD (1%-24% stenosis), nonobstructive CAD (25%-69% epicardial stenosis or 25%-49% ...[more]