Chest Pain in Women: Gender- and Sex-based Differences in the Presentation and Diagnosis of Heart Disease

Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, affecting both men and women significantly. The presentation of chest pain is largely similar in female and male patients, but additional non-chest pain symptoms can confound timely diagnosis in women. Management, diagnost...

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Main Authors: Mariem A Sawan, Rebecca S Steinberg, Michael N Sayegh, Christian Devlin, Omid Behbahani-Nejad, Nanette K Wenger
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Language:English
Published: Radcliffe Medical Media 2023-11-01
Series:US Cardiology Review
Online Access:https://www.uscjournal.com/articleindex/usc.2022.30
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description Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, affecting both men and women significantly. The presentation of chest pain is largely similar in female and male patients, but additional non-chest pain symptoms can confound timely diagnosis in women. Management, diagnostic evaluation, and clinical outcomes for patients admitted with chest pain differ significantly between men and women, and understanding of these discrepancies is limited. The objective of this review is to familiarize readers with gender- and sex-specific differences in the presentation, diagnosis, and management of chest pain.
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spelling doaj-art-fb77dc444a7e4fcc91af14fe0b45287a2025-08-20T01:56:41ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaUS Cardiology Review1758-38961758-390X2023-11-011710.15420/usc.2022.30Chest Pain in Women: Gender- and Sex-based Differences in the Presentation and Diagnosis of Heart DiseaseMariem A Sawan0Rebecca S Steinberg1Michael N Sayegh2Christian Devlin3Omid Behbahani-Nejad4Nanette K Wenger5Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GADepartment of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GADepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MADepartment of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GADepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GADepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GAIschemic heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, affecting both men and women significantly. The presentation of chest pain is largely similar in female and male patients, but additional non-chest pain symptoms can confound timely diagnosis in women. Management, diagnostic evaluation, and clinical outcomes for patients admitted with chest pain differ significantly between men and women, and understanding of these discrepancies is limited. The objective of this review is to familiarize readers with gender- and sex-specific differences in the presentation, diagnosis, and management of chest pain.https://www.uscjournal.com/articleindex/usc.2022.30
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US Cardiology Review
title Chest Pain in Women: Gender- and Sex-based Differences in the Presentation and Diagnosis of Heart Disease
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title_short Chest Pain in Women: Gender- and Sex-based Differences in the Presentation and Diagnosis of Heart Disease
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