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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 4, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(5):423-425; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi129
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Stress testing in women: sexual discrimination or equal opportunity?

Riccardo Bigi1,* and Lauro Cortigiani2

1Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University School of Medicine, via A. di Rudinì 8, Milan 20142, Italy
2Cardiovascular Unit, ‘Campo di Marte’ Hospital, Lucca, Italy

* Corresponding author. Tel: +39 02 50323002; fax: +39 02 50323001. E-mail address: riccardo.bigi@unimi.it

This editorial refers to ‘Impact of gender on risk stratification by exercise and dobutamine stress echocardiography: long-term mortality in 4234 women and 6898 men’{dagger} by L.J. Shaw et al., on page 447

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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women in the majority of industrialized countries, accounting for 54% of total cardiovascular mortality in the United States.1 Between the ages of 45 and 64, one in nine women develops symptoms of some form of cardiovascular disease; the ratio climbs to one in three women after age 65.2 The number of cardiovascular deaths is increasing in women but declining in men. Most of this is due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke. In particular, the 49% of overall mortality due to coronary artery disease (CAD) is observed in the female population.1 This problem is expected to increase according to population aging, as obesity, metabolic syndrome, as well as diabetes disproportionately affect women, and CAD generally becomes clinically evident at least 10 years later . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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