Why the study?
Do the clinical, investigative, and prognostic features of chest pain differ between women and men referred for coronary angiography?
Population
886 patients referred with chest pain who subsequently underwent coronary angiography between 1987-1991. 10…
Comparison
Clinical evaluation, risk factor analysis, and… vs Clinical evaluation, risk factor analysis, and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 2.4 years
Authors
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May warrant caution interpreting exercise tests in women with chest pain; leaves open optimal sex-specific diagnostic strategies.
Do the clinical, investigative, and prognostic features of chest pain differ between women and men referred for coronary angiography?
Women referred for chest pain are five times more likely to have normal coronary arteries than men, and standard risk factors and exercise testing are less predictive of CAD in women, though morbidity remains high.
Sullivan et al. (1994) studied this question.
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