Universality of sex differences in cardiovascular outcomes: where do we go from here?

Eur Heart J

Departments of Surgery and Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex Differences, Women's Health Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Published: May 2020

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