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European Heart Journal 2004 25(18):1559-1561; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.07.002
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Editorial

Is there a gender paradox in the early invasive strategy for non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes?

Rachid A. Elkoustaf and William E. Boden*

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Henry Low Heart Center at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA
The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

* Correspondence to: William E. Boden, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Henry Low Heart Center at Hartford Hospital, Room JB-722, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT, USA (E-mail: wboden@harthosp.org).

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This editorial refers to "Do men benefit more than women from an interventional strategy in patients with unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction? The impact of gender in the RITA 3 trial".{dagger} by T.C. Clayton on page 1641

Coronary artery disease and, in particular, acute coronary syndromes (ACS), is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in industrialised nations.1 While major advances in the diagnosis and treatment of ACS, both in terms of pharmacotherapy and catheter-based revascularisation, have resulted in a continuing, steady decrease in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality over the last decade among men, the cardiovascular event rate among women has either levelled off or increased – especially in older age groups and among various ethnic minorities.2–4

One of these advances, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), has become a standard treatment option for many patients – both men and women – with . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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