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Grave C, Gabet A, Cinaud A, Tuppin P, Blacher J, Olié V. Nationwide time trends in patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome: a worrying generational and social effect among women. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2024; 31:116-127. [PMID: 37794752 DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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AIMS To estimate the time trends in the annual incidence of patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in France from 2009 to 2021 and to analyse the current sex and social differences in ACS, management, and prognosis. METHODS AND RESULTS All patients hospitalized for ACS in France were selected from the comprehensive National Health Insurance database. Age-standardized rates were computed overall and according to age group (over or under 65 years), sex, proxy of socioeconomic status, and ACS subtype [ST-segment elevation (STSE) and non-ST-segment elevation]. Patient characteristics and outcomes were described for patients hospitalized in 2019. Differences in management (coronarography, revascularization), and prognosis were analysed by sex, adjusting for cofonders. In 2019, 143,670 patients were hospitalized for ACS, including 53,227 STSE-ACS (mean age = 68.8 years; 32% women). Higher standardized incidence rates among the most socially deprived people were observed. Women were less likely to receive coronarography and revascularization but had a higher excess in-hospital mortality. In 2019, the age-standardized rate for hospitalized ACS patients reached 210 per 100 000 person-year. Between 2009 and 2019, these rates decreased by 11.4% (men: -11.2%; women: -14.0%). Differences in trends of age-standardized incidence rate have been observed according to sex, age, and social status. Middle aged women (45-64 years) showing more unfavourable trends than in other age classes or in men. In addition, among women the temporal trends were more unfavourable as social deprivation increased. CONCLUSION Despite encouraging overall trends in patients hospitalized for ACS rates, the increasing trends observed among middle-aged women, especially socially deprived women, is worrying. Targeted cardiovascular prevention and close surveillance of this population should be encouraged.
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- Clémence Grave
- Surveillance des maladies cardio-neuro-vasculaires, Direction des maladies non transmissibles, Santé publique France, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France
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- Surveillance des maladies cardio-neuro-vasculaires, Direction des maladies non transmissibles, Santé publique France, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France
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- Centre de diagnostic et de thérapeutique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Direction de la stratégie, des études et des statistiques, Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie, Paris, France
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- Centre de diagnostic et de thérapeutique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Surveillance des maladies cardio-neuro-vasculaires, Direction des maladies non transmissibles, Santé publique France, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France
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Yu H, Liu H, An Z, Zhou J, Meng X, Luo X, Zhou X. "We are in the forgotten corner!" a qualitative study of experiences and challenges among Chinese older women at the onset of acute myocardial infarction. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1242322. [PMID: 37808992 PMCID: PMC10558067 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1242322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Background Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common and serious cardiovascular disease (CVD) that is one of the leading causes of death among women globally and in China. However, there are sex-associated differences and inequalities in the detection and management of AMI, especially in older people. There is little research demonstrating how challenges and barriers affect older women's help-seeking behavior and health-related procedures in China. Purpose The objective of this study was to explore the experiences of older women with AMI, focusing on their perception, challenges, and coping strategies at the onset of AMI in Wuhan, China. Methods This study utilized a qualitative research design approach and conducted semi-structured, in-depth, and audio-recorded interviews with 18 women aged 65-84 years, purposively selected from two tertiary hospitals in Wuhan City from November 2021 to April 2022. Results Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used in this study to analyze the data on 18 participants and three major themes were generated: disease perception disorder, negative coping strategies, and barriers due to social-environmental contexts. Conclusion To reduce older women's delay in seeking help, healthcare professionals should provide public health education that emphasizes sex-related disparities, and age-specific knowledge-attitude aspects to high-risk groups. Policy-based and health administration recommendations, including e-health information support, access to care, and social-environmental factors, should be highlighted to promote women's health behavior.
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- Huidan Yu
- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Taha YK, Dungan JR, Weaver MT, Xu K, Handberg EM, Pepine CJ, Bairey Merz CN. Symptom Presentation among Women with Suspected Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (INOCA). J Clin Med 2023; 12:5836. [PMID: 37762777 PMCID: PMC10531826 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12185836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Identifying ischemic heart disease (IHD) in women based on symptoms is challenging. Women are more likely to endorse non-cardiac symptoms. More than 50% of women with suspected ischemia have no obstructive coronary disease (and thus, INOCA) and impaired outcomes during follow-up. We aimed to identify symptoms having predictive capacity for INOCA in women with clinical evidence of coronary ischemia. We included 916 women from the original WISE cohort (NCT00000554) who had coronary angiography performed for suspected ischemia and completed a 65-item WISE symptom questionnaire. Sixty-two percent (n = 567) had suspected INOCA. Logistic regression models using a best subsets approach were examined to identify the best predictive model for INOCA based on Score χ2 and AICc. A 10-variable, best-fit model accurately predicted INOCA (AUC 0.72, 95% CI 0.68, 0.75). The model indicated that age ≤ 55 years, left side chest pain, chest discomfort, neck pain, and palpitations had independent, positive relationship (OR > 1) to INOCA (p < 0.001 to 0.008). An inverse relationship (OR < 1) was observed for impending doom, and pain in the jaw, left or bilateral arm, and right hand, interpreted as INOCA associated with the absence of these symptoms (p ≤ 0.001 to 0.023). Our best-fit model accurately predicted INOCA based on age and symptom presentation ~72% of the time. While the heterogeneity of symptom presentation limits the utility of this unvalidated 10-variable model, it has promise for consideration of symptom inclusion in future INOCA prediction risk modeling for women with evidence of symptomatic ischemia.
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- Yasmeen K. Taha
- College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (Y.K.T.); (E.M.H.); (C.J.P.)
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (Y.K.T.); (E.M.H.); (C.J.P.)
- College of Nursing, University of Florida, 1225 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;
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- College of Nursing, University of Florida, 1225 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (Y.K.T.); (E.M.H.); (C.J.P.)
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (Y.K.T.); (E.M.H.); (C.J.P.)
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- Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA;
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Oliveira GMMD, Almeida MCCD, Rassi DDC, Bragança ÉOV, Moura LZ, Arrais M, Campos MDSB, Lemke VG, Avila WS, Lucena AJGD, Almeida ALCD, Brandão AA, Ferreira ADDA, Biolo A, Macedo AVS, Falcão BDAA, Polanczyk CA, Lantieri CJB, Marques-Santos C, Freire CMV, Pellegrini D, Alexandre ERG, Braga FGM, Oliveira FMFD, Cintra FD, Costa IBSDS, Silva JSN, Carreira LTF, Magalhães LBNC, Matos LDNJD, Assad MHV, Barbosa MM, Silva MGD, Rivera MAM, Izar MCDO, Costa MENC, Paiva MSMDO, Castro MLD, Uellendahl M, Oliveira Junior MTD, Souza OFD, Costa RAD, Coutinho RQ, Silva SCTFD, Martins SM, Brandão SCS, Buglia S, Barbosa TMJDU, Nascimento TAD, Vieira T, Campagnucci VP, Chagas ACP. Position Statement on Ischemic Heart Disease - Women-Centered Health Care - 2023. Arq Bras Cardiol 2023; 120:e20230303. [PMID: 37556656 PMCID: PMC10382148 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20230303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil
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- Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT), Aracaju, SE - Brasil
- Hospital São Lucas Rede D'Or São Luis, Aracaju, SE - Brasil
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- Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Cardiologia Nuclear de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR - Brasil
- Hospital Pilar, Curitiba, PR - Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
- DASA - Diagnósticos da América S/A, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE - Brasil
- Hospital Universitário Osvaldo Cruz da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE - Brasil
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- Pronto Socorro Cardiológico de Pernambuco da Universidade de Pernambuco (PROCAPE/UPE), Recife, PE - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
- Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT), Aracaju, SE - Brasil
- Rede D'Or, Aracaju, SE - Brasil
- Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), Aracaju, SE - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
- Centro Universitário Faculdade de Medicina ABC, Santo André, SP - Brasil
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Westphal LP, Bögli SY, Werner J, Casagrande F, Keller E, Brandi G. Sex-related differences in symptom presentation of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. F1000Res 2023; 11:1149. [PMID: 37476819 PMCID: PMC10354455 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.124123.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Background: In patients with myocardial infarction, atypical symptoms at onset have been demonstrated in women. We aimed to investigate the presence of sex-related differences in symptom presentation in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) to enable earlier diagnosis and treatment. Methods: We assessed symptoms on admission to hospital in 343 patients with aSAH in this retrospective single-center cohort-study. Univariate statistical analysis was performed by comparing sexes including the whole study population and subgroups (dichotomized using Fisher scale 1-2 vs. 3-4, WFNS grade 1-3 vs. 4-5, and anterior vs. posterior circulation aneurysms, respectively). Results: The majority of patients was female (63.6%, n=218, vs. 36.4%, n=125), the mean age 57.4 years (standard deviation (SD) 13.3) with older women compared to men (59.2, SD 13.8, vs. 54.4, SD 11.6; p=0.003). Anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysms were most common (30.9%, n=106), predominantly in men (43.2%, n=54, vs. 23.9%, n=52; p=0.0002), whereas posterior communicating artery (PcomA) aneurysms were more frequent in women (19.3%, n=42, vs. 8.8%, n=11; p=0.005). Exercise-induced headache was more often reported by men (10.4%, n=13, vs. 5%, n=11; p=0.04) in all patients as well as in the subgroup of WFNS 1-3. Anisocoria was more frequent in women within the subgroup of severely impaired consciousness (WFNS 4-5; 25.3%, n=22, vs. 10.7%, n=6; p=0.032). For all other symptoms, there was no evidence for sex-specific differences in the whole study group as well as in subgroups. Conclusion: Our results show no evidence for relevant sex-related differences in symptom presentation at onset in aSAH patients. Women presenting with an acute onset anisocoria should be screened even more carefully for an underlying ruptured Pcom aneurysm.
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- Laura Philine Westphal
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
- Neurocritical Care Unit, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
- Neurocritical Care Unit, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
- Neurocritical Care Unit, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Neurocritical Care Unit, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Neurocritical Care Unit, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
- Department of Neurosurgery and Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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- Neurocritical Care Unit, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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Dagan M, Dinh DT, Stehli J, Tan C, Brennan A, Warren J, Ajani AE, Freeman M, Murphy A, Reid CM, Hiew C, Oqueli E, Clark DJ, Duffy SJ. Sex Disparity In Secondary Prevention Pharmacotherapy And Clinical Outcomes Following Acute Coronary Syndrome. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. QUALITY OF CARE & CLINICAL OUTCOMES 2021; 8:420-428. [PMID: 33537698 DOI: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcab007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Aims
We sought to investigate if sex disparity exists for secondary prevention pharmacotherapy following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and impact on long-term clinical outcomes.
Methods and results
We analysed data on medical management 30-day post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ACS in 20 976 patients within the multicentre Melbourne Interventional Group registry (2005–2017). Optimal medical therapy (OMT) was defined as five guideline-recommended medications, near-optimal medical therapy (NMT) as four medications, sub-optimal medical therapy (SMT) as ≤3 medications. Overall, 65% of patients received OMT, 27% NMT and 8% SMT. Mean age was 64 ± 12 years; 24% (4931) were female. Women were older (68 ± 12 vs. 62 ± 12 years) and had more comorbidities. Women were less likely to receive OMT (61% vs. 66%) and more likely to receive SMT (10% vs. 8%) compared to men, P < 0.001. On long-term follow-up (median 5 years, interquartile range 2–8 years), women had higher unadjusted mortality (20% vs. 13%, P < 0.001). However, after adjusting for medical therapy and baseline risk, women had lower long-term mortality [hazard ratio (HR) 0.88, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.79–0.98; P = 0.02]. NMT (HR 1.17, 95% CI 1.05–1.31; P = 0.004) and SMT (HR 1.79, 95% CI 1.55–2.07; P < 0.001) were found to be independent predictors of long-term mortality.
Conclusion
Women are less likely to be prescribed optimal secondary prevention medications following PCI for ACS. Lower adjusted long-term mortality amongst women suggests that as well as baseline differences between gender, optimization of secondary prevention medical therapy amongst women can lead to improved outcomes. This highlights the need to focus on minimizing the gap in secondary prevention pharmacotherapy between sexes following ACS.
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- Misha Dagan
- Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.,School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Ballarat Base Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia.,Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.,Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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El-Serag R, Thurston RC. Matters of the Heart and Mind: Interpersonal Violence and Cardiovascular Disease in Women. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e015479. [PMID: 32063117 PMCID: PMC7070193 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.015479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Rola El-Serag
- Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science University of Pittsburgh PA
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Ferry AV, Anand A, Strachan FE, Mooney L, Stewart SD, Marshall L, Chapman AR, Lee KK, Jones S, Orme K, Shah ASV, Mills NL. Presenting Symptoms in Men and Women Diagnosed With Myocardial Infarction Using Sex-Specific Criteria. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8:e012307. [PMID: 31431112 PMCID: PMC6755854 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background Sex-specific criteria are recommended for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, but the impact of these on presenting characteristics is unknown. Methods and Results We evaluated patient-reported symptoms in 1941 patients (39% women) with suspected acute coronary syndrome attending the emergency department in a substudy of a prospective trial. Standardized criteria defined typical and atypical presentations based on pain nature, location, radiation, and additional symptoms. Diagnosis of myocardial infarction was adjudicated using a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay with sex-specific thresholds (>16 ng/L women, >34 ng/L men). Patients identified who were missed by the contemporary assay with a uniform threshold (≥50 ng/L) were reclassified by this approach. Type 1 myocardial infarction was diagnosed in 16% (184/1185) of men and 12% (90/756) of women, with 9 (5%) men and 27 (30%) women reclassified using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and sex-specific thresholds. Chest pain was the presenting symptom in 91% (1081/1185) of men and 92% (698/756) of women. Typical symptoms were more common in women than in men with myocardial infarction (77% [69/90] versus 59% [109/184]; P=0.007), and differences were similar in those reclassified (74% [20/27] versus 44% [4/9]; P=0.22). The presence of ≥3 typical features was associated with a positive likelihood ratio for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction in women (positive likelihood ratio, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.03-1.31) but not in men (positive likelihood ratio 1.09; 95% CI, 0.96-1.24). Conclusions Typical symptoms are more common and have greater predictive value in women than in men with myocardial infarction whether or not they are diagnosed using sex-specific criteria. Clinical Trial Registration URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier NCT01852123.
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- Amy V. Ferry
- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and InformaticsUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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- BHF Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and InformaticsUniversity of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
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Residual angina in female patients after coronary revascularization. Int J Cardiol 2019; 286:208-213. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mehran R, Vogel B, Ortega R, Cooney R, Horton R. The Lancet Commission on women and cardiovascular disease: time for a shift in women's health. Lancet 2019; 393:967-968. [PMID: 30765122 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30315-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Roxana Mehran
- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Kimenai DM, Janssen EBNJ, Eggers KM, Lindahl B, den Ruijter HM, Bekers O, Appelman Y, Meex SJR. Sex-Specific Versus Overall Clinical Decision Limits for Cardiac Troponin I and T for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review. Clin Chem 2018; 64:1034-1043. [PMID: 29844245 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.286781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The overall clinical decision limits of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI; 26 ng/L) and T (hs-cTnT; 14 ng/L) may contribute to underdiagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in women. We performed a systematic review to investigate sex-specific and overall 99th percentiles of hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT derived from healthy reference populations. CONTENT We searched in PubMed and EMBASE for original studies, and by screening reference lists. Reference populations designed to establish 99th percentiles of hs-cTnI (Abbott) and/or hs-cTnT (Roche), published between January 2009 and October 2017, were included. Sex-specific and overall 99th percentile values of hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT were compared with overall clinical decision ranges (hs-cTnI, 23-30 ng/L; hs-cTnT, 13-25 ng/L). Twenty-eight studies were included in the systematic review. Of 16 hs-cTnI and 18 hs-cTnT studies, 14 (87.5%) and 11 (61.1%) studies reported lower female-specific hs-cTn cutoffs than overall clinical decision ranges, respectively. Conversely, male-specific thresholds of both hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT were in line with currently used overall thresholds, particularly hs-cTnT (90% concordance). The variation of estimated overall 99th percentiles was much higher for hs-cTnI than hs-cTnT (29.4% vs 80.0% of hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT studies reported values within the current overall clinical decision range, respectively). SUMMARY Our data show substantially lower female-specific upper reference limits of hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT than overall clinical decision limits of 26 ng/L and 14 ng/L, respectively. The statistical approach strongly affects the hs-cTnI threshold. Downward adjustment of hs-cTn thresholds in women may be warranted to reduce underdiagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in women.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dorien M Kimenai
- Department of Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.,CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| | - Steven J R Meex
- Department of Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands; .,CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Otto CM. Heartbeat: Ischemic heart disease risk factors in women. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2017; 103:1559-1561. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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