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Coronary Heart Disease
Revascularization: Gender and age inequities remain in the U.K.
January 20th, 2005
Inequities in gender and age remain in terms of coronary revascularization provision in the U.K., say researchers there. "Although the mortality and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in England and Wales have declined in recent years, an ageing population has contributed to keeping the prevalence of CHD largely unchanged. Evidence suggests that revascularization procedures have contributed not only to this decline in mortality, but also to the decline in morbidity from heart disease, and to improvements in quality of life, even in old age," wrote M. Shaw and colleagues, University of Bristol. "Despite clinical evidence of benefit,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-20)
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