Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Getting to Know Gender Related Disparities
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
; 36: e20220022, 2023. graf
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Coronary artery disease (CAD) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) are often indistinctly used terms. Both combined have generated, over the past years, concerns about sex disparities in their presentation. From an epidemiological perspective, females have several disadvantages regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of CAD. Most of the general cardiovascular risk factors affect women more frequently, or with a higher morbidity and mortality association. Besides, atypical manifestations of the disease and uncommon forms of CAD represent a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Even if current treatments for CAD have no apparent sex bias, women representation in clinical trials and treatment patterns analyzed in clinical practice refuse this statement. Several disparities are caused by inevitable sex-particularities, but many of them are more social, cultural, and dogmatic beliefs that have to be addressed and overhaul.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
México
Instituição/País de afiliação:
ABC Medical Center/MX
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Ignácio Chavez National Institute for Cardiology/MX
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University of México/MX