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- Title
Sex differences in the management and outcome of acute coronary syndrome—Still an issue of equal treatment?
- Authors
Mousavi, Roya Anahita; Lamm, Gudrun; Will, Maximilian; Schwarz, Konstantin; Mascherbauer, Julia
- Abstract
Summary: 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.
- Subjects
ACUTE coronary syndrome; MEDICAL care; HOSPITAL mortality; MYOCARDIAL infarction; DEATH rate; CORONARY artery disease
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2023, Vol 135, Issue 23/24, p663
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-023-02302-4