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December 13, 2018European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular CareOpen Access

Women with acute coronary syndromes experience longer treatment delays and higher mortality rates than men, underscoring the urgent need for sex-specific recommendations in clinical guidelines.

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Editorial

Key result

Women with acute coronary syndromes experience longer treatment delays and higher mortality rates than men, underscoring the urgent need for sex-specific recommendations in clinical guidelines.

Authors

AMAngela H.E.M. MaasPreventive Cardiology

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Overview

Persistent ACS sex disparities demand guideline attention; leaves open whether targeted recommendations will reduce women's mortality.

Structured PICO

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Population
Women with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including STEMI, NSTEMI, and MINOCA

There is an urgent need to implement sex-specific knowledge and recommendations in ACS guidelines to reduce mortality and complication rates in women.

Limitations

  • Unclear how many interventions were performed in women compared with men and how often MINOCA was diagnosed in the referenced registry data.

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Angela H.E.M. Maas (2018) conducted an editorial in Acute coronary syndromes. Women with acute coronary syndromes experience longer treatment delays and higher mortality rates than men, underscoring the urgent need for sex-specific recommendations in clinical guidelines.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa026af83e2eedfeeba528fhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2048872618820190
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