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Heart 2007;93:279-280; doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.111955
Copyright © 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

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Raising awareness of angina in women

Laura M Gruen, Carl J Pepine

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Carl J Pepine
MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Road/Box 100277, Gainesville, FL 32610-0277, USA; linda.horne{at}medicine.ufl.edu

ABSTRACT

"If ischaemic heart disease affects women differently from men, then our diagnostic testing, risk stratification schemes and treatment modalities should be sexist as well"

Abbreviations: DASI, Duke Activity Status Index; ESR1, estrogen receptor-{alpha}; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; PChP, persistent chest pain; SMC, smooth muscle cell; WISE, Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation

Keywords: angina; iscahemic heart disease; women


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