CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE IN WOMEN - SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

被引:9
作者
BECKER, RC [1 ]
CORRAO, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,MED CTR,THROMBOSIS RES CTR,WORCESTER,MA 01655
关键词
Cardiovascular disease; Women;
D O I
10.1159/000174648
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major health problem in both men and women. Each year over 250,000 women in the United States alone die as a result of CHD, many of them suddenly. Women sustaining an acute myocardial infarction have a poor in-hospital and long-term prognosis, with a high incidence of stroke, congestive heart failure, nonfatal reinfarction and cardiac death.
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