Angina in Women Signals Heart Attack Risk - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
LONDON, March 21 - Stable angina is as common in women as in men and is more dangerous than previously thought, according to researchers here.
In contrast to myocardial infarction, which has a higher rate in men, angina in women is often the first sign of heart disease and is associated with increased coronary mortality compared with women in the general population, said Harry Hemingway, FRCP, of University College London and colleagues.
Angina in women is not benign in terms of death rates, and among certain subgroups, such as diabetics, the annual heart attack risk was one in 10, similar to that of men, the investigators reported in the March 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings emerged from a prospective cohort collaborative study in Finland funded by the British Heart Foundation.
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