Cardiovascular disease in women: scope of the problem.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major health problem in both men and women. Each year over 250,000 women in the United States alone die as a result of CHD, many of them suddenly. Women sustaining an acute myocardial infarction have a poor in-hospital and long-term prognosis, with a high incidence of stroke, congestive heart failure, nonfatal reinfarction and cardiac death.
Becker
R C
RC
Coronary Care Unit, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worchester.
Corrao
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate