Published in Law and Health Weekly, April 8th, 2006
Study 1: Gender disparities may exist in hypertension therapy for acute coronary syndrome patients.
Investigators at Duke University report, "Hypertension affects 1 billion individuals worldwide and is an independent risk factor for death after acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We examined the prevalence and medical treatment of hypertension among 15,904 ACS patients randomized in the SYMPHONY and 2nd SYMPHONY trials."
C.G. Frazier and colleagues wrote, "Analyses were performed overall and according to sex for the United States and across...
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