title: An Update on Gender Disparities in Coronary Heart Disease Care.
abstract: Coronary heart disease (CHD), traditionally considered a male disease, causes far more deaths in women than cancer. The prevalence of CHD is lower in women at any age, but with advancing age, this differential decreases. The clinical outcomes including myocardial infarction mortality, all-cause mortality, and reinfarction rates are also worse in women with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than in men. Yet, women appear to be underdiagnosed and undertreated for coronary heart disease. There is still a gap in the knowledge, understanding, and general awareness of CHD in women. This review provides updates in gender disparities in the management of risk factors, treatments, and outcomes of coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. ts13@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Palaskas
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Ameera
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Coronary heart disease; Differences; Disparities; Gender; Women