Sex Bias in Cardiovascular Care. Should Women Be Treated More Like Men?
Article Abstract:
Sex discrimination may not be the major reason why women with heart disease receive different care than men. since 1984 more women than men have died of this disease. A 1987 study found that women with abnormal stress tests were referred far less often than men for cardiac catheterization and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Other studies have confirmed sex-based differences in many aspects of care for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, women get heart disease later in life and have different symptoms than men. It may be more difficult to diagnose serious heart disease in women than men.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Mortality Differences Between Men and Women Following First Myocardial Infarction
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Women appear to have a worse outcome after a heart attack than men. Researchers analyzed mortality rates and other factors in a study of 331 women and 1129 men who had a heart attack. The women were older at the time of their heart attack than the men and were more likely to have diabetes, hypertension, and angina. Compared to men, women had more severe complications of a heart attack and also had higher 28-day and six-month mortality rates. Men were more likely to receive drugs that break up blood clots but both sexes were equally likely to receive angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Influence of a child's sex on medulloblastoma outcome
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Girls with medulloblastoma appear to have a much better prognosis than boys. Medulloblastoma is a common brain tumor in children. Researchers analyzed data on 109 children treated for medulloblastoma over a 26-year period. Girls were half as likely to die from the disease as boys and a much greater percentage of girls were alive 5 to 10 years later than boys. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy had no significant effect on outcome, but survival was greater in those who had the most tumor mass surgically removed.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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