Background Patient sex has been shown to differentially affect mortality from unstable
angina (UA) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, to our knowledge, no prior …

Background Previous studies have shown that women younger than 55 years have higher
hospital mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction (MI) than age-matched men. We …

Background: Coronary heart disease is a leading cause of mortality among women.
Systematic evaluation of the quality of care and outcomes in women hospitalized for acute …

Objective: Younger, but not older, women have a higher mortality than men of similar age
after a myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to determine whether this relationship is true for …

Background—It is unclear to what extent cardiovascular health disparities exist and can be
modified among sexes, racial/ethnic groups, and geographic regions in US hospitals …

OBJECTIVES We tested the hypotheses that the effect of gender on short-term case fatality
following a first admission for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) varies with age, and that this …

Background This study assessed sex differences in treatments, all‐cause mortality, relative
survival, and excess mortality following acute myocardial infarction. Methods and Results A …

BACKGROUND We wished to evaluate whether differences in the rate of invasive cardiac
procedures between men and women with acute myocardial infarction are associated with …

Background: Previous studies examining sex-related differences in the treatment of coronary
artery disease have focused on patients in hospital. We sought to examine sex-related …

Women have generally worse outcomes after myocardial infarction (MI) compared to men.
The reasons for these disparities are multifactorial. At the beginning is the notion …