TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex Differences in the Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Outcomes in IHD
AU - Sanghavi, Monika
AU - Gulati, Martha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, The Author(s).
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Heart disease is the number one killer of women. Although there are many similarities between men and women, the evolving understanding of ischemic heart disease in women allow us to emphasize the important differences that need to be recognized. These differences, including symptoms at presentation, importance of particular risk factors, pathophysiology of disease, and treatments/outcomes, will be discussed in this review.
AB - Heart disease is the number one killer of women. Although there are many similarities between men and women, the evolving understanding of ischemic heart disease in women allow us to emphasize the important differences that need to be recognized. These differences, including symptoms at presentation, importance of particular risk factors, pathophysiology of disease, and treatments/outcomes, will be discussed in this review.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Ischemic heart disease
KW - Microvascular dysfunction
KW - Risk factors
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1007/s11883-015-0511-z
DO - 10.1007/s11883-015-0511-z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25933642
AN - SCOPUS:84929500839
SN - 1523-3804
VL - 17
JO - Current Atherosclerosis Reports
JF - Current Atherosclerosis Reports
IS - 6
ER -