Heart Attack
Are women at greater risk from angioplasty?
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, November 4th, 2007
Responding to media reports of recent studies that emphasized the dangers of angioplasty in women compared to men, Dr. Alexandra J. Lansky, MD, Director of the Angiographic Core Laboratory and the Women's Cardiovascular Health Initiative at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, said that the comparison to men overshadows the true benefit to women of early intervention.
"Recent news reports suggest that women do not fare...
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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2007-11-04)
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