Sex differences in cardioangiographic findings after myocardial infarction.
The cardioangiographic findings in 50 women 40-54 years of age were compared with those of a series of 69 men with infarction recruited from the same catchment area and investigated according to the same principles. Women less often had left ventricular abnormalities than men; this difference was mainly confined to patients with non-Q wave infarctions. There was no difference in the prevalence of left ventricular abnormalities among women and men with Q wave infarctions. No major sex difference was found in the prevalence of coronary abnormalities. Collaterals were less common in women than in men.
D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors