Coronary artery disease--ignored in women or inherently more lethal in women?
The leading cause of death in women is cardiovascular disease. The major cardiovascular risk factors have a greater impact on women. The prognosis for women with CAD is worse than for men. Women frequently present with symptoms of heart disease at a much later age and have a greater frequency of atypical chest pain. Noninvasive testing is less reliable in women. Do these facts indicate that CAD is inherently a more lethal disease in women? Or is CAD, as some would suggest, traditionally ignored in women? Stay tuned!
Keller
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KB
University of Miami School of Nursing, Coral Gables, Fla., USA.
Lemberg
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors