[Gender-related differences in the course of ischaemic heart disease in women].
Two cases of menopausal age women with acute coronary syndromes are presented. Clinical symptoms and diagnostic tests were similar for women and for men. Gender differences in angiographic lesion pathophysiology were found. The substrate for thrombosis in women was probably plaque erosion.
Janion
Marianna
M
Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony, ul. Grunwaldzka 45, 25-736 Kielce. mjanion@interia.pl
Polewczyk
Anna
A
Sielski
Janusz
J
Szczukocka
Anna
A
D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome