Sex-based difference in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been an area of active investigation over the past two decades in Western countries. Preliminary studies have identified a gender bias in referral as a major explanation, but theworse prognosis ofwomen as compared with men is now thought to result also from additional factors [1], as women tend to be older, with more co-morbidities, and with a more complex vascular anatomy [2].

Gender-related differences after acute myocardial infarction. a major global health challenge / Pelliccia, F.; Rosano, G. M. C.; Mehran, R.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-5273. - 311:Jul 15 2020(2020), pp. 18-19. [10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.04.023]

Gender-related differences after acute myocardial infarction. a major global health challenge

Pelliccia F.
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2020

Abstract

Sex-based difference in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been an area of active investigation over the past two decades in Western countries. Preliminary studies have identified a gender bias in referral as a major explanation, but theworse prognosis ofwomen as compared with men is now thought to result also from additional factors [1], as women tend to be older, with more co-morbidities, and with a more complex vascular anatomy [2].
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Gender-related differences after acute myocardial infarction. a major global health challenge / Pelliccia, F.; Rosano, G. M. C.; Mehran, R.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-5273. - 311:Jul 15 2020(2020), pp. 18-19. [10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.04.023]
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