BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of mortality in women.
Women have also been identified as late presenters in seeking medical care. AIM: The aim …

Background: Heart disease is a major cause of mortality in women. Women have a poorer
prognosis than men after myocardial infarction (MI) and research to date has failed to find a …

Background: Men and women are known to delay in seeking medical attention when
experiencing acute cardiac symptoms. However, women are more likely to have had chronic …

Aims and objectives. This study sought to explore the presenting nature of cardiac symptoms
as experienced by women diagnosed with a myocardial infarction. The objectives were to …

Background: Women tend to access medical help for a myocardial infarction later than men
and are at a disproportionate risk of dying or of suffering disability as a consequence. Co …

Background: Few qualitative studies have been conducted on older women's experiences of
myocardial infarction (MI) and, in particular, the time before they seek medical care …

Women, especially those older than 65 years, delay longer than do men before seeking
medical treatment for symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The majority of …

Background: Minimizing time from onset of symptoms to treatment (treatment delay) is
crucial for patients with ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), and one …

Abstract Background: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has been socially constructed as a
gender-specific disease with women not seen to be at risk. Women tend to delay seeking …

Few studies have explored the factors affecting women's decisions to seek medical
assistance at the onset of cardiac symptoms. Although some studies have shown that there …