Open AccessThe Clinical Spectrum of Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries in Women
Author(s) -
Inge J. van den Hoogen,
Umberto Gianni,
Malissa J. Wood,
Viviany R. Taqueti,
Fay Y. Lin,
Sharonne N. Hayes,
Gudrun Feuchtner,
Alexander R. van Rosendael,
Nanette K. Wenger,
Janet Wei,
C. Noel Bairey Merz,
Carl J. Pepine,
Leslee J. Shaw
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.06.044
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , coronary arteries , coronary artery disease , ischemia , disease , myocardial ischemia , coronary atherosclerosis , artery
Women exhibit less burden of anatomic obstructive coronary atherosclerotic disease as compared with men of the same age, but contradictorily show similar or higher cardiovascular mortality rates. The higher prevalence of nonexertional cardiac symptoms and nonobstructive coronary atherosclerotic disease in women may lead to lack of recognition and appropriate management, resulting in undertesting and undertreatment. Leaders in women's health from the American College of Cardiology's Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee present novel imaging cases that may provoke thought regarding the broad clinical spectrum of myocardial infarction and ischemia with nonobstructive coronary arteries in women. These unique imaging approaches are based on the concept of targeting sex-specific differences in acute and stable ischemic heart disease.
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