Tag: women
More work needed to “untangle reasons” for gender gap in cardiovascular research
Writing in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, David Ouyang (Stanford University, ...
Women wait for longer before calling for help when experiencing heart attack symptoms
Matthias Meyer (Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland) and others report in European Heart Journ...
Increased rate of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy linked to increase in older mothers
A new study published in Mayo Clinical Proceedings indicates that the rate of acute myocardial infar...
Female acute myocardial infarction patients experience worse outcomes when treated by male physicians
Brad N Greenwood (Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis...
Women are still less likely to receive high-intensity statin therapy after myocardial infarction
New data show that, after a myocardial infarction, significantly fewer women than men fill a pre...
More non-cardiac death explains higher rate of post-PCI mortality in females
According to a new study, the higher rate of all-cause mortality after percutaneous coronary int...
First year after a myocardial infarction poses more risks for women
A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has determined that in the first year after a myo...
Delayed diagnosis affects women’s treatment for heart disease
Factors such as delayed diagnosis may contribute to the differences in women and men’s treatment for...
Further data to support use of new-generation drug-eluting stents in women
A new study from the Women in Innovation Initiative and Drug-Eluting Stents (WIN-DES) collaborative ...
Nearly half of US women unaware that heart disease is their primary killer
Women and their physicians are largely uneducated when it comes to females and heart disease, puttin...
ESC calls for sex-specific drug dosages of cardiovascular medication
Sex-specific cardiovascular drug dosages are needed to reduce adverse reactions in women, accord...
Early hospital discharge after TAVI less likely in women
A study, published in the Journal of Interventional Cardiology, indicates that females, bleeding...
Few cardiologists take steps to avoid radiation exposure during pregnancy despite concerns
The Women in Cardiology (WIC) section of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) report that 47...
Young women with premature acute coronary syndrome now do as well as men
It has become commonly accepted that women do worse than men following a heart attack or other coron...
Women 50% more likely than men to be given incorrect diagnosis following heart attack
Women have a 50% higher chance than men of receiving the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart a...
