title: [Ischemic coronary artery disease in menopause].
abstract: Women show a lower incidence of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and probably a better prognosis than men. However better survival rate of women tended to be obscured because they were more likely to have histories of hypertension and diabetes and to be older than men. In this paper, incidence, clinical presentation, and prognosis of CAD in women are examined. Furthermore the conflicting reports concerning the effect of estrogen use on morbidity from CAD are reported. Finally the syndrome of angina with a normal coronary arteriogram, sometimes referred to as "Syndrome X" is analyzed.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petretta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rotondi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capozzi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ambrosini
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lanzillo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonaduce
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: La cardiopatia ischemica in menopausa.