Open AccessCoronary artery disease in women: From the yentl syndrome to contemporary treatment
Author(s) -
Sofia Vaina,
Αναστασιοσ Μιλκασ,
Christina Crysohoou,
Christodoulos Stefanadis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v7.i1.10
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , disease , incidence (geometry) , acute coronary syndrome , coronary disease , intensive care medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , coronary heart disease , physics , optics
In recent years attention has been raised to the fact of increased morbidity and mortality between women who suffer from coronary disease. The identification of the so called Yentl Syndrome has emerged the deeper investigation of the true incidence of coronary disease in women and its outcomes. In this review an effort has been undertaken to understand the interaction of coronary disease and female gender after the implementation of newer therapeutic interventional and pharmaceutics' approaches of the modern era.