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Acute Coronary Syndromes
Differences in management of women post-ACS leads to increased rehospitalization
January 19th, 2006
Differences in the management of women post-acute coronary syndromes leads to increased rehospitalization. Investigators in Canada wrote, "The purpose of this research was to determine if sex and gender differences in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are associated with differences in prognosis after ACS. Previous investigators have reported sex/gender differences in the management of patients with ACS, but the impact of these differences on prognosis is unclear." "We analyzed data from the Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events (CURE) trial, which enrolled 4,836 women and 7,726 men with ACS," stated S.S. Anand and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-19)
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