Cardiac troponin testing is significantly lower in young women under 50 years old compared to men, leading to less cardiac catheterization in this group.
Are there sex differences in cardiac troponin testing and cardiac catheterization rates among patients presenting to the ED with ischemic chest pain?
Young women under 50 presenting with ischemic chest pain are less likely to receive cardiac troponin testing, and women overall undergo less cardiac catheterization compared to men.
In men and women presenting to the ED with ischemic CP, cTn testing overall is similar except among young women under 50 years old, where it is markedly lower. Women undergo less cardiac catheterization, irrespective of CP type.
Humphries et al. (2018) studied this question. Cardiac troponin testing is significantly lower in young women under 50 years old compared to men, leading to less cardiac catheterization in this group.
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