Referral for coronary artery revascularization procedures after diagnostic coronary angiography: evidence for gender bias?
Once diagnostic coronary angiography had been performed, no major differences in the overall utilization of revascularization procedures were noted for women compared with men.
With increasing age, exercise pulse pressure amplification is significantly attenuated because of increased wave reflection. These effects are exacerbated by hypercholesterolemia and may contribute to cardiovascular risk by mechanisms associated with central hypertension.