Why the study?
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death among women, making clinician awareness of traditional and sex-specific novel risk factors essential to design preventive strategies.
This review highlights the increasing burden, unique risk factors, and atypical presentation of coronary artery disease in Indian women, emphasizing the need for sex-specific prevention and management strategies.
Hypothesis-generating for sex-specific CAD strategies in Indian women; prospective trials needed before practice change.
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death among women. Majority of women suffering from CAD have one or more risk factors for CAD in their parents. Women are at higher risk for cardiac events with respect to traditional risk factors including dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking. Menopause, pregnancy complications, inflammation, anemia, migraines, and depression are important sex-specific novel risk factors for CVD, and it is important that clinicians should be aware of these risks to design strategies for prevention. Education, self-awareness in women, and timely recognition of CAD in women with lifestyle modifications and timely intervention result in better outcomes.
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