RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recent development of ischaemic heart disease in sex difference
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 240
OP 243
DO 10.1136/pgmj.2006.053140
VO 83
IS 978
A1 Shu, Wang
A1 Lei, Wang
A1 Peng, Song
YR 2007
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/83/978/240.abstract
AB Despite a dramatic decline in mortality over the past years, coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the world. At the same time, with the great improvement of medical science, there is a growing population of postmyocardial infarction, postrevascularisation and heart failure survivors. Furthermore, there are rising rates of cigarette smoking, obesity, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome in the world. All the above contribute to the rising incidence rates of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) among women and men. This review highlights sex-specific issues in IHD presentation, evaluation and outcomes, with several new results published from the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation study. New evidence on traditional and novel risk markers as well as sex-specific differences in symptoms and diagnostic approaches have also been discussed.