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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2011 Feb;18(1):144–152. doi: 10.1007/s12350-010-9315-2

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Coronary heart disease may have different clinical manifestations. Women may have different clinical manifestations of coronary heart disease than men. Because women have smaller arteries, they may be more susceptible to even the slightest mismatch in demand and supply. Women may also be more prone to plaque erosion and the development of coronary dysfunction than men.