Sex Differences in the Management of Coronary Artery Disease

M. Steingart, Richard; Packer, Milton; Hamm, Peggy; Ellen Coglianese, Mary; J. Gersh, Bernard; M. Geltman, Edward; Sollano, Josephine; Katz, Stanley; Moyé, Lem; L. Basta, Lofty; Lewis, Sandra; S. Gottlieb, Stephen; Bernstein, Victoria; McEwan, Patricia; Jacobson, Kirk; J. Brown, Edward; Kukin, Marrick; E. Kantrowitz, Niki; A. Pfeffer, Marc

doi:10.1056/nejm199107253250402

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Sex Differences in the Management of Coronary Artery Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 25, 1991

Authors:

Richard M. Steingart

Milton Packer

Peggy Hamm

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite the fact that coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death among women, previous studies have suggested that physicians are less likely to pursue an aggressive approach to coronary artery disease in women than in men. To define this issue further, we compared the care pr...

Subject

Medicine

Coronary artery disease

Myocardial infarction

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