Importance of Sex and Gender in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

In this special issue of the journal, there are papers on bone health and coronary artery calcification, age and sex differences in the effect of parental stroke on the progression of carotid intima-media thickness, macrophage subsets in the adipose tissue by sex and by reproductive age of women, uric acid levels and metabolic syndrome, sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevention, severity of stable coronary artery disease and its biomarkers, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune diseases genetics of cardiovascular disease, outcome after CABG; association of serum phosphorus with subclinical atherosclerosis in chronic kidney disease and relationship of uric acid levels to coronary disease.
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Invited commentary Source Type: research