%0 Journal Article %T Extent of coronary atherosclerosis and arterial remodelling in women: the NHLBI-sponsored WomenĄŻs Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation %A B. Delia Johnson %A Barry L. Sharaf %A C. Noel Bairey Merz %A Carl J. Pepine %A E. Murat Tuzcu %A George Sopko %A Kathy Wolski %A Stephen J. Nicholls %A Steven E. Nissen %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2018 %X Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of mortality in women at all ages in the Western world (1-3). When a diagnosis of IHD is established, women are less likely to be treated with established medical therapies and suffer greater adverse outcomes compared to men (4-8). Given an under-representation in clinical studies of IHD, little is known about the natural history and pathogenesis of atherosclerotic coronary disease in women (9) %U http://cdt.amegroups.com/article/view/19189/20475