title: Changing the trajectory of ischemic heart disease in women: Role of imaging.
abstract: Mortality from coronary artery disease in women declined from nearly 500,000 deaths in 2000 to 398,096 deaths in 2013. Despite these significant gains, cardiovascular disease mortality in women remains unacceptably high. Much additional progress in awareness, evaluation, and management of cardiovascular diseases is needed. Progress in cardiovascular imaging, over the past four decades, has substantially improved the evaluation and management of ischemic heart disease. Ischemic heart disease is now diagnosed early and with greater accuracy, leading to improved risk assessment and timely therapies. The next gains in ischemic heart disease mortality in women will probably be due to application of these imaging advances in a personalized fashion. Thoughtful leaders provide their viewpoints on the use of imaging in the evaluation and management of ischemic heart disease in women.
authors.affiliation: Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 70 Francis Street, Shapiro 5th Floor, Room 128, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. sdorbala@partners.org.|Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 70 Francis Street, Shapiro 5th Floor, Room 128, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. sdorbala@partners.org.
authors.forename: Sharmila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dorbala
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Leslee J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D063507:Sexism; D016387:Women's Health / Q000639:trends*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Coronary artery disease; PET; SPECT; diagnostic and prognostic application; myocardial perfusion imaging