Cardiovascular disease in women

EO Stock, R Redberg - Current problems in cardiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Gender-specific data focused on cardiovascular disease (CVD) are becoming increasingly
available. This is of great importance, given that CVD has become the number 1 killer of …

A report of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Task Force on Women and Heart Disease (writing group on perfusion imaging in women)

JH Mieres, LJ Shaw, RC Hendel, DD Miller… - Journal of nuclear …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women in the
United States. Despite advances in its diagnosis and management, coronary artery disease …

Addressing disparities in cardiovascular risk through community-based interventions

AK Low, KB Grothe, TS Wofford, MJ Bouldin - Ethnicity & Disease, 2007 - JSTOR
Cardiovascular diseases account for a significant portion of deaths and healthcare costs in
the United States. Women from ethnic minorities and rural areas carry a disproportionately …

The role of myocardial perfusion imaging in special populations: women, diabetics, and heart failure

JH Mieres, DR Rosman, LJ Shaw - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease and its manifestations remain a major worldwide public health
problem. Despite significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, coronary artery disease …

Exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia in women: factors affecting prevalence

J Goodman, L Kirwan - Sports Medicine, 2001 - Springer
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major health care challenge, and is the leading cause of
death amongst women. Both the delay in the clinical manifestations of CAD and 'atypical' …

Stress myocardial perfusion imaging in the diagnosis and prognosis of women with suspected coronary artery disease

JH Mieres, LJ Shaw - Cardiology in Review, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Coronary artery disease is the single largest killer of women in the United States and claims
the lives of more than 250,000 women each year. For several decades, there was the …

Are we 'WISE'r? Findings from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study

B Ahmed, CNB Merz, G Sopko - Women's Health, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Recognition of cardiovascular disease as the leading healthcare threat to women continues
to shape the prioritization of efforts to more effectively diagnose and treat heart disease in …

No gender bias in referral for coronary angiography after myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m tetrofosmin

JER van Lennep, JJJ Borm, AH Zwinderman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1999 - Elsevier
Background. Several studies have shown that the application of diagnostic and invasive
procedures varies between men and women. The purpose of this study was to assess if …

The clinical role of stress myocardial perfusion imaging in women with suspected coronary artery disease

JH Mieres, DR Rosman, LJ Shaw - Current Cardiology Reports, 2004 - Springer
Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of mortality for women in the United
States, with coronary artery disease (CAD) accounting for 54% of all cardiovascular deaths …

The accuracy of myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging in the evaluation of coronary artery disease in women and men

M Kamínek, M Myslivecek, V Huśak… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2001 - journals.viamedica.pl
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to compare sensitivity, specificity and accuracy
of myocardial perfusion SPECT for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) in women …