Coronary heart disease in women: a 'new' problem.
Recent reports of "sex bias" in the management of heart disease serves to focus on a more fundamental problem. Too little is known about the biology of heart disease in women or the reasons for striking differences in women's risks, prognosis, and treatment outcome--medical or surgical. Studies more sharply focused on these issues could improve treatment for half of the patient population.
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Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.
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