Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Understanding Symptoms and Risk Factors

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women remains under-diagnosed and undertreated due to the diagnostic challenge it presents, as well as the persisting attitude that CVD predominantly affects men. Gender-related risk factors have now been identified but there is a lack of clinical application, leading...

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Published inEuropean Cardiology Review Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 10 - 13
Main Authors Keteepe-Arachi, Tracey, Sharma, Sanjay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Radcliffe Cardiology 01.08.2017
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Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Takotsubo
Cardiovascular disease
risk factors
stress cardiomyopathy
microvascular angina
women
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Summary:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women remains under-diagnosed and undertreated due to the diagnostic challenge it presents, as well as the persisting attitude that CVD predominantly affects men. Gender-related risk factors have now been identified but there is a lack of clinical application, leading to the misdiagnosis and poor management of women with CVD. It is necessary to address gender-specific symptomatology and risk factors in order to optimise management and positively influence morbidity and mortality in this cohort of patients.
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Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
ISSN:1758-3756
1758-3764
1758-3764
DOI:10.15420/ecr.2016:32:1