Why the study?
Significant sex-specific differences have been described in the presentation, management, and outcome of ACS patients.
Female patients with acute coronary syndrome experience significant disparities in presentation, treatment delays, and receipt of guideline-directed therapies, leading to worse outcomes.
Highlights sex disparities in ACS care; leaves open whether closing treatment gaps narrows mortality differences.
Significant sex-specific differences were described in the presentation, management and outcome of acute coronary syndrom (ACS) patients. Female ACS patients more often presented with noncardiac symptoms, which lead to significant time delays between symptom onset and treatment. Furthermore, multiple studies from various countries described that women with ACS were less likely to receive the medical or reperfusion therapy recommended by the respective guidelines, resulting in higher in-hospital mortality rates.The treating physicians and the patients need to be more aware of the described differences to ensure the best possible medical care for ACS patients, irrespective of sex.
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Mousavi et al. (2023) studied this question.
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