Key result
Women with acute coronary syndrome were more likely to present without chest pain than men, but this absence did not indicate greater coronary disease severity.
Why the study?
Are there sex differences in symptom presentation among young patients with acute coronary syndrome?
Are there sex differences in symptom presentation among young patients with acute coronary syndrome?
While young women with ACS are more likely to present without chest pain than men, chest pain remains the most common symptom for both, and its absence does not indicate less severe coronary disease.
Chest pain remains the predominant ACS symptom in both sexes, requiring high clinical suspicion for atypical presentations; leaves.
Chest pain was the most common ACS symptom in both sexes. Although women were more likely to present without chest pain than men, absence of chest pain was not associated with markers of coronary disease severity. Strategies that explicitly incorporate assessment of common non-chest pain symptoms need to be evaluated.
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Nadia Khan (2013) studied this question. Women with acute coronary syndrome were more likely to present without chest pain than men, but this absence did not indicate greater coronary disease severity.
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