For the study, researchers in the Cardiac and Vascular Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center analyzed more than 30,000 patients enrolled in the American Heart Association’s “Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease” registry.
Their analysis showed women under age 45 were the least likely to receive all six quality of care measures studied in the analysis, including receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers at discharge, lipid lowering therapy, having a blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg at discharge and receiving stents.
Researchers suggested symptoms of heart attack in younger females may be overlooked or attributed to other causes.
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