Why the study?
Do the clinical, investigative, and prognostic features of chest pain differ between women and men referred for coronary angiography?
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.
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May warrant caution interpreting exercise tests in women with chest pain; leaves open optimal sex-specific diagnostic strategies.
Sullivan et al. (1994) studied this question.
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