Key result
Women experience different cardiac presentations than men and face greater CAD underdiagnosis and undertreatment.
Population
Women with or at risk for coronary artery disease
Design
Review
Authors
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May prompt consideration of atypical CAD symptoms in women; leaves open whether sex-specific protocols improve outcomes.
Highlights the need for awareness of gender-specific differences in the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of coronary artery disease in women.
Jneid et al. (2001) studied this question. Women experience different cardiac presentations than men and are more likely to be underdiagnosed and undertreated for coronary artery disease.