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New findings reported from Northwestern University describe advances in heart disease

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 29th, 2009

"Women with clinical findings suggestive of ischemia but without findings of obstructive coronary artery disease ( CAD) on angiography represent a frequent clinical problem; predicting prognosis is challenging. The Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation ( WISE) study examined symptomatic women referred for clinically indicated coronary angiography and followed up for a mean 5.2 years," researchers in the United States report.

"The St James Women Take Heart (WTH) Project enrolled asymptomatic, community-based women with no history of heart disease who were followed up for 10 years. We compared cardiovascular events (ie, myocardial infarction, stroke, and hospitalization...

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